Truth about Manchester Airport brawl: four months after THAT shocking CCTV footage, PAUL BRACCHI reveals critics are furious at 'two-tier' justice

Fahir Amaaz – the young man dressed in black pictured here going about his business in Rochdale – is a name that will probably mean little to most people. Fahir Amaaz outside his home in Rochdale last week, four months on from the airport brawl Both the officer and a colleague who restrained two other men who became embroiled in the chaos are now under criminal investigation for assault by the Independent Office for Police Conduct which could take another month. But the same argument – fear of trouble erupting on the streets – is suspected of being used in reverse – as a reason not to charge the brothers in the airport incident, many in Greater Manchester Police believe – at least not until the IOPC investigation is concluded. The federation says it is inappropriate that the person responsible for deciding whether the two police officers should be referred to the CPS for potential charges – Catherine Bates, the organisation's acting regional director for the North-West – has also met the brothers in person. Muhammad Amaad and his mother Shameem Akhtar attend a press conference in Manchester in August Solictor Aamer Anwar with Muhammad, Fahir and their mother Shameem The fact that the IOPC is also investigating whether any officers were responsible for leaking the CCTV footage to the Manchester Evening News, which showed the brothers throwing punches, has done little to improve morale.