PC punched in Manchester Airport brawl ‘absolutely terrified’

PA MediaPC Lydia Ward suffered a damaged nostril after being punched at Terminal 2A police officer has instructed a jury she was “completely terrified” after she was floored with a punch to the face as she tried to arrest an assault suspect at Manchester Airport.Larger Manchester PC Lydia Ward suffered a damaged nostril within the incident on the Terminal 2 automobile park pay station space on 23 July final 12 months.Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 20, and his brother, Muhammad Amaad, 26, are accused of assault. Each males, from Rochdale, Larger Manchester, deny the allegations. PC Ward instructed the trial she remembered “falling on the ground and all the pieces went black” after a “actually forceful” blow to her face. The court docket heard PC Ward and two colleagues had approached Mr Amaaz at a ticket machine after a report {that a} male becoming his description had headbutted a buyer at Starbucks cafe in T2 arrivals.The jury has heard Mr Amaaz allegedly resisted, and his brother, Mr Amaad is then stated to have intervened because the prosecution claimed they inflicted a “excessive degree of violence” on the officers.PC Ward stated: “I used to be making an attempt to maintain maintain of Mr Amaaz’s arm and get it behind his again so I might get some cuffs on him.”She stated she recalled that PC Zachary Marsden fell or was pushed in direction of some seats and that Mr Amaaz then kicked out at her colleague.’No one helped’PC Ward added: “I attempted to seize him off so he might cease kicking PC Marsden. All I bear in mind then is that he turned and he punched me straight within the face.””I am unable to actually bear in mind the place it landed however I do know the place my accidents had been. I bear in mind falling on the ground and all the pieces went black.”She instructed prosecutor Adam Birkby that the blow delivered was “actually forceful”.”As I got here spherical, all I might really feel was blood pouring out of my nostril. I used to be simply considering he has achieved one thing to my nostril, face space, I did not know what has occurred.””I used to be terrified to be sincere. I used to be completely terrified. I had by no means skilled that degree of violence in direction of me in my life.”I did not know who was going to come back up at me subsequent. I used to be fearful of going after this male once more and being punched within the face once more.”She stated at one level she pressed her police radio emergency button to name for additional help however the influence of the punch had knocked the battery out.PC Ward instructed the court docket that different folks within the pay station space had been “shouting stuff” and “filming on their cellphones”.She stated: “No one got here to help. I felt everybody in that room was towards us. To be sincere, I used to be terrified.”‘Taken abruptly’ Rosemary Fernandes, representing Mr Amaaz, put it to PC Ward that her consumer was “taken abruptly” on the ticket machine and was “shocked”.She stated: “It will be significant you determine yourselves as cops, is not it?”PC Ward stated: “I do not suppose we had any time to do this. We did not have any time for rational dialogue with this male because it turned violently shortly.”Ms Fernandes stated: “I put it to you that the defendant believed he was being attacked from behind and all of it occurred extraordinarily quick.”It’s the defence’s case that he punched you in lawful self-defence on the premise that you just had been an assailant. Do you have got any touch upon that?”PC Ward stated: “I do not understand how he felt I used to be an assailant. He turned in direction of me and punched me within the face.”He might see I used to be a police officer and he might see I used to be a feminine as nicely.”Footage from a body-worn video digital camera was performed to the jury which confirmed a bloodied and crying PC Ward being comforted by a colleague within the aftermath of the incident.Mr Amaaz is alleged to have assaulted PC Marsden and PC Ward, inflicting them precise bodily hurt.He’s additionally accused of the assault of PC Cook dinner and the assault of Abdulkareem Ismaeil at Starbucks.Mr Amaad is alleged to have assaulted PC Marsden, inflicting precise bodily hurt.Each males deny the allegations.The trial continues.