Man who punched female police officers at Manchester Airport jailed

A significant story is unfolding on the international scene. Man who punched female police officers at Manchester Airport jailedImage caption, Mohammed Fahir Amaaz struck PC Lydia Ward and PC Ellie Cook Published26 June 2026, 16:56 BSTUpdated Just nowA man who punched two female police officers at Manchester Airport as they tried to arrest him for headbutting a man in a Starbucks cafe has been jailed for three and a half years. Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 21, from Rochdale, was convicted at Liverpool Crown Court last year of assaulting PC Lydia Ward, PC Ellie Cook and a Starbucks customer at the airport in July 2024.

Sentencing had been delayed for a re-trial on additional charges that Amaaz had also assaulted a male police officer, but the jury again failed to reach a decision and he was cleared. In a statement read to the court earlier Ward, whose nose was broken in the attack, said: "What you did was cowardly.

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The development has drawn wide international attention, with diplomatic circles watching closely.