A police officer is facing a criminal investigation after being suspected of leaking footage of a violent scrap at Manchester Airport to the press last year.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct has launched a probe into the officer's alleged actions after video footage of a confrontation in a terminal car park in July 2024 emerged in the media.
Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 20, was ultimately convicted of assaulting two emergency service workers and a member of the public - with a retrial on other charges for both he and his older brother due to take place next year.
Alongside this, the watchdog is investigating an unnamed Greater Manchester Police officer over suspicions that he leaked footage of the incident to the press a few days after it first came to light.
Early footage of the fracas showed a man later identified as PC Zachary Marsden kicking Amaaz in the head.
