The Manchester Airport attacker convicted of assaulting two female police officers has had a bid to reduce his sentence rejected.
Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 21, was jailed for three-and-a-half years in 2025 after being convicted of common assault and two counts of actual bodily harm involving police officers Sgt Lydia Ward and PC Ellie Cook.
But on Friday, the Court of Appeal rejected an appeal for his sentence to be reduced on the grounds it was ‘wrong in principle and resulted in a sentence that was manifestly excessive’.
In a case sparking accusations of two-tier justice and police racism, Amaaz and his brother, Muhammed Amaad,
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