Nigel Farage to launch legal action against Manchester Airport incident

Nigel Farage is expected to launch a private prosecution against two men involved in a brawl at Manchester Airport in July, which led to protests against police brutality.

The Reform UK leader will make the announcement tomorrow after branding the failure to prosecute those involved as an example of ‘two tier policing’.

Speaking on a podcast, Farage compared the swift prosecution of those involved in race riots over the summer to the lack of criminal charges brought against the men involved in the incident at Manchester Airport.

‘If that’s not two tier policing and two tier justice under two tier Keir, I don’t know what is,’ he said.

The incident occurred over the summer, in which a partial video shared online showed a police officer brutally assaulting 19-year-old Fahir Muhammed Amas during an attempted arrest of his brother, Amad.

Tensions were raised further when additional footage revealed the three officers had themselves been assaulted shortly before the video was shot, which left a female officer with a broken nose and another officer left slumped on the floor.

The family’s solicitor later claimed the boy’s mother had been struck in the face and racially abused by an officer prior to the cameras rolling, which served as the inciting incident.

Four months later, with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) apparently no closer to announcing charges against the brothers, Mr Farage has hired two solicitors to bring a case against them.

A source close to Mr Farage said: ‘It is now November, and no charges have been laid – yet those on the Right of the arguments who said unpleasant things on social media and took to the streets found themselves in jail almost instantly. We have a two-tier justice system in this country’.

Speaking on a podcast hosted by former Mumford & Sons guitarist Winston Marshall, expanded on his frequent claims of ‘two-tier policing’ and told the host: ‘What has happened to the Manchester attackers back in July, before Southport?

‘We get violent yobbery in Manchester Airport, police are violently attacked, a police woman has her nose broken. Police then regain control of the situation.

‘All you see is a video of a police officer stamping on somebody. Well, of course he was stamping on him, he had a gun in his hand.

‘If you have a gun in your hand you do not engage an assailant with your other arm in case you lose the gun.

‘It looked awful because Manchester Police didn’t release the rest of it.’

There is no proof that either of the suspects were holding a gun, and the armed officer filmed stamping on Fahir’s head later claimed he thought the suspect had taken his weapon after becoming ‘disoriented’ by multiple blows to the head.

Farage added: ‘We are now in the middle of November and the CPS have laid no charges. Compare that to the immediacy of the arrests and sentencing after Southport.

‘If that’s not two tier policing and two tier justice under two tier Keir, I don’t know what is.’

A Crown Prosecution Service spokesperson said: ‘We are considering material and are providing advice in relation to a series of alleged criminal offences at Manchester Airport in July this year.

‘We are working with Greater Manchester Police and the Independent Office for Police Conduct while their enquiries continue.’

The CPS has the power to prevent a private prosecution by taking it over and discontinuing it – but such a move would be considered highly controversial in this case.

Reform UK have been reached for comment.

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