ONE of two brothers in a violent clash with police at an airport said yesterday he feared they would both be killed.
Mohammed Fahir Amaaz told a court he lashed out in fear when grabbed without warning by an armed officer.
On trial, Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, left, and his brother Muhammed AmaadPP.
Firearms cop Zachary Marsden has said he acted ‘professionally’
He said he resisted only as he was being forced to the ground by PC Zachary Marsden. The 20-year-old added: “I thought he was going to batter me to the point I was dead. He would have killed me.
“It’s not like it hasn’t happened before when police officers have abused their powers and people have died.”
Amaaz said that he later saw his brother, Muhammed Amaad, being punched repeatedly and an officer pointing a gun at him.
The jury has been told it was PC Marsden with a Taser.
Amaaz told the court: “Honestly, I thought this guy was going to shoot my brother.”
The fight broke out as police swooped on the pair at Manchester airport in July last year.
It followed a row between the brothers and a man who allegedly insulted their mother on her flight from Pakistan.
Amaaz aimed a punch that broke PC Lydia Ward’s nose before he was tasered by PC Ellie Cook and kicked in the head by PC Marsden.
Amaaz denies four assault charges while his brother Amaad, 26, denies a charge of assaulting PC Marsden.
The brothers, from Rochdale, claim they were acting in self-defence. Their trial continues at Liverpool crown court.
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