Patrick Christys STUNNED as brothers accused of assaulting police officer will NOT face retrial

Added: 2026-05-31

[00:00:00]All right, welcome along everybody.

[00:00:02]Thank you to my live studio audience.

[00:00:04]Now, look, a warning to our viewers and listeners. Again, some of the content that I'm about to cover might be a little bit distressing to some of you, but look, who here remembers the Manchester airport incident? I think we all remember it. We all remember uh what went on there. Just to jog your memory, uh here it is. So, you'll be looking at some CCTV footage of it now, and you've got the two brothers there. You got the police officers. You got the female police officer who's just had a nose broken on the floor. The other female police officer punched in the face. That guy's getting punched in the back of the head as well. Dragged to the floor, tasered. One of them is tasered at that point. Their mom is clambering around in the middle of it. The taser happens. The kick to the head. Look, we we we all know it, don't we? That's that's what happened there. Now, these two lads, Muhammad Farah Amar and Muhammad Ahmad were the ones in that footage. Now, it's important before we go on to discuss this to break down exactly what each of them was charged with. So, Taher Amars, the younger brother, was charged with and found guilty of common assault, i.e. headbutting and punching a civilian inside the airport Starbucks, which is not on that footage cuz it happened before. Uh, then assault occasioning actual bodily harm. uh namely punching a female police officer PC Lydia Ward which resulted in her suffering a broken nose then assault by beating of an emergency worker namely attacking a second female police officer PC Ellie Cook. Uh he is responsible for the clip that that really horrified the nation. I mean all of it was bad, wasn't it?

[00:01:40]really horrified the nation's that specific bit where you see the female police officer with red hair there just has punched the head rocks back and um and and we all we all know what went on uh there of course it was horrendous.

[00:01:51]Now both brothers were also charged with actual bodily harm against a firearms officer called Zachary Marsden who is you'll be able to see on your screens there for everyone in the studio that that that one there right um the one that's being wrestled to the floor as we speak.

[00:02:07]Both of them were acquitted today officially because a jury could not reach a verdict. So uh again again just to remind ourselves I think it's important this is what happened first.

[00:02:21]Okay, which is where there was the wrestling back and forth and uh the individual was uh was was was there. You can see on your screens in a second uh was punching him. There you go. This is this is what happened first here and then and then of course the other famous clip uh this happened uh didn't IT move >> stop kicking PEOPLE you're on camera.

[00:02:54]>> Yeah. So there you go. So obviously you see the bit that led up to it and then you see what happened in the end. He was tased. who's on the floor and the police officer kicks me in the head. Right now, I don't know about you, but personally, I find it hard to understand how two juries couldn't reach a verdict even after seeing that that second clip of the kick in the head, which I know a lot of people are uncomfortable with, but I find it difficult to understand how two juries couldn't reach a verdict. But I also find it staggering that the CPS today said that they would not be going for a third retrial because they felt, quote, it wasn't in the public interest.

[00:03:28]What?

[00:03:30]>> Oh, the reaction here says it all, doesn't it?

[00:03:32]>> I I think it's very much in the public interest to be perfectly honest with you. I I think this is one of the most infamous cases that we've had in modern times. I also think it sets a very dangerous precedent, does it not? That police officers in the line of duty, especially at an airport, for goodness sake, that what there's not going to be there's not going to be every attempt made to go after people who may have done something wrong to them. Then outside the steps of the court today, their lawyer, in my view, played the race card.

[00:04:03]>> In our democracy, we have a right to expect that those in uniform act according to the law, and any force used must be reasonable, legitimate, and proportionate. Since the two brothers were charged in 2024, they have been subjected to an agy of race hate. Social media posts viewed by millions created a highly prejuditial atmosphere in which a lynch mob mentality that was racist, anti-Muslim, called for deportation, riots, the death penalty, and the hanging of the two brothers if they were acquitted. Even their sister and their newborn baby were threatened.

[00:04:41]>> Okay. Well, I think a lot of people might have had more sympathy for the boys if A they hadn't seen one of them break a female police officer's nose and b this hadn't happened after their attack.

[00:04:56]>> Yeah. Go on.

[00:04:59]>> Just watch him.

[00:05:05]>> Yeah. People forget this, right? But a a gang of what appeared to be Muslim men mobbed up outside a police station demanding that a police officer be brought out to them. That's what happened. That was the reaction from aspects of that community after the attack. Look, this has been a shocking case from start to finish. Was the CPS right to not go for a third retrial? So, let's put this. Using the internet without a VPN, a virtual private network, is a bit like taking to the road without car insurance. All it takes is one unlucky moment to cost you a lot of cash. This video's sponsor is Private Internet Access. They are the VPN to help keep you safe. Click the link in the description below to find out why over 30 million people have downloaded PIA to protect themselves online. A virtual private network is an app that hides your IP address and helps keep your data private. When you're browsing the internet at home, you give up a large amount of data to businesses, to shops, and indeed to social media giants, too. Hackers have the ability to steal your personal data with ease, including sensitive information such as passwords, keystrokes, and even your personal photos. Private internet access helps protect your personal data by encrypting your internet connection to keep your data out of the hands of cyber criminals. And it's not just hackers either to be concerned about.

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[00:07:26]>> I just think it's absolutely outrageous.

[00:07:28]And I I watched live the um press conference there where the lawyer came out and and did this kind of dire tribe where he mentioned anti-Muslim hatred and he mentioned Nigel Farage. And I just think people are so sick of it.

[00:07:41]We're so sick of it. Like you say, you know, we saw the the the footage and also the photograph, that very famous photograph of the police officer, the female police officer with her face covered in blood. People could be killed with one punch. You saw the way that he decked her. She went down like a bag of, you know, potatoes. It was just absolutely horrific. And for him to then come out and give this completely one-sided view of of of what they had done as if they were somehow the victims here and if as if there was some kind of justification for the way that they behaved. And I also I as you said Patrick I cannot fathom how a jury watching that footage the footage is there. How is it possible that they were unable to reach a verdict? I just simply do not understand it.

[00:08:26]>> Yeah. Because being accused of being racist is the worst possible thing in a society. So therefore we will allow people to get away with things like that. And actually it's connected what we spoke about earlier. This is connected because what message is this given to the police force? Do do you I think we have to understand now why if you're a police officer and you hear that there's been an accusation of racism why wrongly and I'm not defending it your priorities will be that accusation of racism because my god the race card is played in an incident like that and it's gotten away with and that's why we had what happened with Henry Novak and that is why these violent thugs they've already been convicted of of of one of them was already convicted of hitting that a police officer and has been completely now got away with it. It is. And do you know what? Just very quickly, right? I'm telling you now, there is no chance of any of us or probably I would say anyone in this room of being hit by a police officer or being kicked on the floor while by a police officer. Do you know why? Cuz when the police try and talk to you and want to get to the bottom of something, you don't start throwing punches at them. They brought that on themselves. They brought that on themselves.

[00:09:48]It's it's infuriating. It's absolutely it's it's it's mindboggling. And a week we as well where we saw those those hideous people not convicted of of of rape as well, not in prison for that rape that they were convicted of. Yet we've got people who go to prison because of tweets, because of things they post on social media. It's outrageous. It's outrageous. It's infuriating.

[00:10:08]>> All right. Well, look, Matthew, I mean, specifically on the question of of the of the CPS not going for the the the the third retrial on that specific count relating to to that police officer, uh, Zachary, the firearms officer. What do you make of that?

[00:10:22]>> Uh, you can you could go to seven retrials. I don't think you will get a jury, uh, that would convict. And I think that's because you have people have to understand how the courts and the law works, rightly or wrongly. When you watch that clip, you can see police being assaulted. That's without shadow of a doubt. At the beginning of that clip, in the top right, the police officer hit him first. Riley or wrongly, punched him, punched one of the brothers in the face. Any solicitor, unfortunately, worth their salt, will go brilliant. Self-defense. So, if you're going to convict as a jury of peers, you've got to do it beyond reasonable doubt. Well, there's a doubt in your mind because he's been hit first. And the solicitor will push on that, which is likely what's happened. I've not been seen the ins and outs of what's happened today, but nobody can do that without going, "Yeah, but what about that?" Even in a majority verdict. So, this is where we are with regards to the solicitor coming out giving his case. That's what he's paid to do. He's going to come out and represent his clients and say, "This was awful. Let him move on." That's that's where we are. Um, look, I'm always careful commenting on cases like this because I've not sat through the trial. I've not had the full evidence.

[00:11:34]The judge and the jury did, but I am puzzled by this case. Um, in terms of going for a third um, jury trial, if you look at the CPS guidelines, it only happens in exceptional circumstances and the director of public prosecutions would have to sign it off. But given the se the severity of the actions of the two acquitted I think there is an arguable case and I choose my words carefully given the weight of evidence I worry what pressure has been put on the juries uh in the in this case and for me that would provide justification to say for the attorney general to intervene and say it should go to a third trial because it is about a significant public concern. concern um about people, you know, taking the law into their own hands.

[00:12:28]>> Good luck with Lord Hermer on that one.

[00:12:30]>> What do you think, Emma?

[00:12:30]>> Well, yeah. I just to to add to this that the um prosecutor said that in the crown's assessment, and you mentioned there that they said that they don't think it's in the public interest that in the crown's assessment, quote, it cannot be properly described as a case of extreme gravity. I think the public would disagree with that. When you see the footage, when you see how messed up that female police officer was, when you consider the broader picture of it, the implications, the fact that we have, you know, so there is so little trust now in our justice system for various different reasons. The fact, as you pointed out, Patrick, that I think many people may have forgotten, which is that this kind of mob went out to the police station immediately afterwards. There are various reasons why when you look at the broader picture, this case is of the most extreme gratitude.

[00:13:18]>> Absolutely. So, do do we think there's been two-tier justice here then really?

[00:13:22]Cuz I I just I personally cannot fathom the idea of me. So, Manchester airport was my local airport. That's where I always used to to fly out. I used to live just around the corner from I used to live under the flight path of Manchester airport. the idea of me finding myself in a situation at an airport where I've got armed police officers around me that's happening and that you the the mentality of of of of kicking off in that situation. Is there also a conversation to be had here about female police officers? Now I I don't want to sound unfair here or anything like that at all. Right. But obviously uh two of them were punched in the face.

[00:13:55]One of them had the nose very very badly broken. And then the male firearms officer who does the kicking in the head. I have spoken to several police officers who have said, "Look, if you see your colleague being have her nose, you know, like rearranged in front of you, that is a very difficult situation for you to be in and you might then react in a slightly more aggressive way otherwise." Is is there is there an argument to be had there about about the physical proess of female police officers or is that is that unfair? What do we think? I don't know. What do we think?

[00:14:29]>> I don't think that's unfair at all. I mean, you I've everybody's seen footage of female police officers trying to arrest people and they're just not physically able, you know, they're just not strong enough. And it's not actually just about female police officers. If you go to some countries like Spain, anecdotally, the police officers seem to be absolutely massive. You know, we need to be making sure that that people who are in law enforcement are physically capable of actually enforcing the law safely if someone kicks off because you can't. It's not safe for you and it's not necessarily even safe for the person that you're trying to arrest if you're not physically capable of restraining.

[00:15:02]>> But there's but there's no evidence they're not physically capable of doing that and you have >> which is why I'm saying it's not just about women. You could have you could have a man who's not physically pass physicality and fitness test to be a police officer.

[00:15:12]>> But have they been relaxed? Have those been relaxed in recent years. I >> thought that you could go into the police now if you're shorter than you used to be and those sorts of things and and and I don't think I think you used to have to be there was much more of a height requirement, a fitness requirement that's been relaxed a bit.

[00:15:28]All right. Well, >> I mean for sure there'll be some female police officers who are able to do that, but on average men are stronger than women.

[00:15:34]>> Well, well, there we go. I mean, obviously all that that question goes away entirely if there weren't BS wandering around punching female police officers in the face, but you know, I mean, it did happen. But uh but there we go. Well, look, I will just emphasize again that the older brother has not been found guilty of anything. Okay? Uh and you know, was acquitted in full today. So there you go. I want to stress that. Um so so there we are. Pull