A man jailed for three and a half years after attacking two police officers and a member of the public at Manchester Airport has been refused permission to appeal against his sentence.
Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, from Rochdale, was sentenced to three years and six months in prison in June 2026 after being convicted of attacks at Manchester Airport.
The Court of Appeal rejected his application for permission to challenge the sentence following a hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice on Friday, October 16.
The hearing before Lord Justice Jeremy Baker, Mr Justice Bryan and Mr Justice Dexter Dias lasted around an hour.
There has been no appeal against Amaaz’s convictions.
Airport attack
Amaaz, who was 21 at the time of the incident, had attended Manchester Airport with his older brother, Muhammad Amaad, 26, to collect their mother from a flight on July 23, 2024.
Amaaz was convicted of attacking armed officer PC Ellie Cook and unarmed officer PC Lydia Ward.
He was also convicted of headbutting Abdulkareem Ismaeil following a confrontation inside a Starbucks at the airport.
The officers had responded after receiving a report that a man matching Amaaz’s description had headbutted Mr Ismaeil.
Prosecutors told the court Amaaz resisted attempts to take him outside before using a high level of violence against the officers.
PC Ward suffered a broken nose, while police body-worn footage showed her injured and distressed.
PC Cook was knocked to the ground after being struck with elbows and punches.
Appeal rejected
Amaaz’s legal team put forward grounds seeking permission to appeal his sentence, including an argument that an error had been made in a direction given to the jury by the trial judge.
After considering the case, the three Court of Appeal judges refused the application.
A separate allegation that Amaaz had caused actual bodily harm to firearms officer PC Zachary Marsden resulted in two juries being unable to reach a verdict.
The CPS subsequently decided not to pursue a third trial against Amaaz or his brother over the allegation.
Both men were formally acquitted of that charge.
Amaaz therefore remains serving the sentence imposed for the convictions arising from the attacks at Manchester Airport.
