Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 21, from Rochdale, was convicted of assaulting PC Lydia Ward, PC Ellie Cook, and a Starbucks customer at the airport in July 2024. The incident occurred as officers attempted to arrest Amaaz for headbutting a man inside a Starbucks cafe.
Sentencing was delayed following a retrial on additional charges that Amaaz had also assaulted a male police officer. A jury could not reach a decision on these charges, and Amaaz was cleared of that offense.
In a statement read to the court, PC Ward described the attack as "cowardly" and stated that her nose was broken during the assault.