Overview
- Testifying on Tuesday, Muhammad Amaad told the jury he struck firearms officer PC Zachary Marsden to protect his younger brother and said he backed off when the struggle eased.
- Prosecutor Philip Birkby pressed him on Wednesday, alleging six punches to the officer’s head showed a total loss of control rather than self-defence.
- Both brothers, Amaad and Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, deny assaulting PC Marsden causing actual bodily harm, and the trial at Liverpool Crown Court continues without a verdict.
- Evidence before the jury includes Tasers being used on both brothers and footage described in court as showing PC Marsden kicking Amaaz in the face and making a stamping motion, while Amaad accepted the officer’s Glock stayed holstered.
- Jurors were told Amaaz was previously convicted over the same incident for assaulting a Starbucks customer and two officers, with PC Lydia Ward suffering a broken nose and PC Ellie Cook receiving minor injuries.