Manchester Airport brother sentencing RECAP as Mohammed Fahir Amaaz JAILED for three-and-a-half years after ‘cowardly’ attack

Mr Khan, on behalf of Amaaz, begins his mitigation.

The defendant comes from a large family ‘in which there are various police officers’, said the KC, referring to a number of references which ‘give an idea of what might have been in his mind’ at the time of the attack.

His brother Mr Amaad described him as a ‘caring’ man who had always helped members of his family. Another reference said he had ‘always been there for the people around him’, while another mentioned his charity work.

Another said the defendant was ‘caring, attentive and always makes sure people around him are ok’.

Another brother, Mohammed Abid, said the defendant had played an important role caring for their mother and was willing to support ‘vulnerable’ family members.

The defendant is the youngest of six siblings and the attack was ‘not what Fahir is’ and it was ‘completely alien to his character’, according to another reference.

The KC said the references showed a man who wanted to ‘right wrongs and had empathy for others’. The defence barrister said his client was ‘perhaps not thinking of the consequences’ when he went to the defence of his mother.

“The instinct is to protect,” he said.

“These offences took place in a context of a young man who wanted to help others,” said Mr Khan, who went on to say the offence was ‘not premeditated’.