Controversial TikTok lawyer quits representing man kicked by cop at Manchester airport – after footage revealed what happened BEFORE he was arrested [Video]

03:53 EDT 29 Jul 2024, updated 07:09 EDT 29 Jul 2024

A controversial TikTok lawyer representing two men who were filmed being violently arrested at Manchester airport has dramatically dropped the case. 

Greater Manchester Police was plunged into crisis last week after horrifying footage emerged of an officer kicking Muhammed Fahir, 19, while he was arrested alongside his brother Amaad.

However, a new CCTV clip obtained over the weekend has shed more light on the incident as it shows Fahir attacking three officers just seconds before he was kicked on the ground. 

In response, the family’s solicitor Akhmed Yakoob released a video on Instagram on Sunday night, declaring: ‘After consulting with the family I have decided for now to step aside and I have recommended the family to a lawyer’.

He claimed widespread attention surrounding the case was ‘unfair on the Greater Manchester Police and the family’.