Two men have been charged with assaults on police officers following an incident at Manchester Airport in July.
Mohammed Amaaz, 20, is charged with two offences of causing actual bodily harm, one charge of assaulting an emergency worker and one charge of common assault. Footage of the incident was shared widely online in July and led to protests after it appeared to show a Greater Manchester Police (GMP) officer kicking and stomping on the head of a man as he lay on the floor.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said no police officers would be charged in relation to the incident.
Brothers Amaaz and Amaad and their 56-year-old mother, Shameem Akhtar, alleged they were assaulted by police during the altercation.
A female officer suffered a broken nose and two other officers were taken to hospital, GMP said.
Lawyers for the family said the men maintain their innocence and will contest the allegations.
Solicitor Aamer Anwar said the family were shocked by the news no officers will be charged. He said they will be requesting a victim’s right of review of the CPS decision.
“Our legal team will review the CPS decision, but believe they have fundamentally failed in the two-stage test which prosecutors must apply
