Nigel Farage's British Reform Party announced it would launch and fund private prosecutions against two men suspected of being involved in a scuffle with police officers at Manchester Airport in July.
After four months of apparent inaction by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), Reform UK has ordered one of the country's top private prosecutors to bring charges against two men believed to be of Asian descent over the Manchester Airport incident. They announced that they had hired someone. Four police officers were reportedly attacked and one female officer suffered a broken nose.
write in telegraph paperMr Farage and Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice wrote:
“We have instructed TM Eye Ltd, one of the UK’s leading private prosecutors with over 1,000 prosecutions, to carry out this civil prosecution.Today we have written to Greater Manchester Police and the CPS to He confirmed this and started moving the ball.
“We have secured funding to take this to conclusion and we have made it clear to the CPS that we will not tolerate them hijacking our prosecutions and then dropping them for political reasons.”
Manchester police were initially charged with racist assault after an officer was partially seen kicking one of the men in the head. However, full CCTV footage of the incident showed the men getting into a fight with the officers.
Reform leaders say the failure of the CPS to launch a prosecution four months later, despite “compelling CCTV evidence” of the attack, shows Britain's justice system is “two-tier”. He claimed to have shown it.
Mr Farage said the lack of prosecution in the Manchester airport incident was a swift response to those involved in the riots and protests following the summer's Southport stabbing, in which three girls were killed at a Taylor Swift dance party. This was compared to the fact that he was prosecuted.
“In the Southport riots, not only those who threw bricks but also those who spoke out online were immediately arrested and in some cases jailed. But the horrific attack on police officers at Manchester Airport was completely ignored. ,'' Mr Farage said in a video address.
“As Reform Britain, we think this is a clearer demonstration that, like in the UK, we have two tiers of police, two tiers of justice.” added.
Under English law, any adult can initiate a private prosecution, but is responsible for paying the legal representation fees and, in some cases, the defendant's legal costs.
Following the announcement of civil prosecution reform, the Crown Prosecution Service said of manchester evening news He said the matter was still “under consideration.”
The CPS said: “We are working with Greater Manchester Police and the Independent Police Conduct Authority and the investigation continues.”
