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Rochdale MP Paul Waugh branded the footage “shocking and disturbing” and met the affected constituent’s family.

Mr Waugh added: “I have spoken to the family involved in the incident at Manchester Airport on Tuesday night, and it is clear they are deeply traumatised by what happened.

“The family, who are my constituents in Rochdale, have two priorities. The first and most immediate priority is the health and wellbeing of their family members, including their mother. Their second priority is the need for justice to be done and seen to be done.”

Leader of the House of Commons, Lucy Powell, said it was “truly shocking” and insisted Greater Manchester Police must refer itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct.

Blackburn MP Adnan Hussain even claimed it showed a “complete abuse of power”, while Manchester Rusholme MP Afzal Khan demanded “meaningful assurances” from police chiefs after what he called “excessive force against an unarmed civilian”.

Mr Hussain told MPs in Parliament: “I have been inundated with messages of concern and upset from my constituents following the horrific images from Manchester Airport, and I myself am deeply concerned about what can only be described as a complete abuse of power.

“Will the Leader of the House join me in declaring, to reassure the general public, that we should never have to witness such scenes of violence in a country such as ours where no authority is above the law, and that all necessary measures must be taken to investigate how and why such an incident arose?”

Bolton South and Walkden MP Yasmin Qureshi said she was “deeply concerned” by the video, adding “this has prompted serious public concern”.

Oldham East and Saddleworth MP Debbie Abrahams said she waned to “associate myself” with Mr Waugh’s remarks about “the appalling incident at Manchester International Airport”.

It came after Mr Waugh told Parliament: “The footage of a Greater Manchester police officer stamping on and kicking a man in Manchester Airport is truly shocking and disturbing.

“That man is one of my Rochdale constituents, and I am meeting his family later today.

“Our police face a difficult job every day to keep us all safe, but they know that they are expected to demonstrate the highest standards of conduct in their duties.”

Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 20, floored PC Lydia Ward with a punch to the face, which broke her nose, and also knocked PC Ellie Cook to the ground.

Both officers and their colleague, PC Zachary Marsden, approached Amaaz, 20, at a car park ticket machine after a report that a male fitting his description had headbutted a customer at Starbucks cafe in T2 arrivals on July 23 last year.

Amaaz allegedly resisted, and his brother, Muhammad Amaad, 26, is then said to have intervened as the prosecution said they inflicted a “high level of violence” on the Greater Manchester Police officers.

Both defendants, from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, told the court they acted in lawful self-defence, or in defence of the other.

On Wednesday a jury at Liverpool Crown Court found Amaaz guilty of the assault of PC Ward, causing actual bodily harm, and the assault of emergency worker PC Cook.

Amaaz was also convicted of the Starbucks assault of a member of the public, Abdulkareem Ismaeil.

After 10 hours of deliberating, jurors could not reach a verdict on allegations the two brothers assaulted PC Marsden causing actual bodily harm.

Prosecutor Paul Greaney told the court that the Crown intends to retry both defendants on the charge that they assaulted PC Marsden.

Prosecutors had told the jury that CCTV footage showed Amaaz threw 10 punches in total and that Amaad aimed six punches at firearms officer PC Marsden.

Amaaz was also said to have kicked PC Marsden and twice struck firearms officer PC Cook with his elbow.

He was said to have punched PC Marsden from behind and then had hold of him before PcCCook discharged her Taser device.

Mobile phone footage of a kick and stamp by PC Marsden as Amaaz lay on the floor was shared on social media and went viral.

Giving evidence, Amaaz said he feared the “lunatic” male officer would “batter him to death” and Amaad said he believed he was under attack.

The defence said the officers used “unlawful force” as they grabbed Amaaz from behind without announcing themselves.

Amaaz was remanded in custody by Judge Neil Flewitt.

A bail application hearing for Amaaz will take place on Thursday.

In December, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced PC Marsden would not face charges over the incident.

A probe into the actions of PC Marsden by the IOPC remains ongoing, including a criminal investigation which may consider a re-referral to the CPS, jurors were told.

Giving evidence at the trial, PC Marsden said he was unaware Amaaz had been Tasered and he kicked him in the face “to stun the subject”, as he believed he was attempting to get off the floor.

He told the court he did not believe he struck Amaaz’s head with a stamp in which he sought to clamp down on the loose wire of his police radio to avoid it being used as a weapon against him.

Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police, Sir Stephen Watson, said he “welcomed the findings” of the jury in relation to Amaaz, “whose appalling conduct has now been exposed to legitimate public scrutiny”.

He added: “GMP is actively supportive of a retrial in respect of the two counts where a verdict was not achieved.

“Our officers first approached the man now convicted in order to make an arrest following the unprovoked assault on an innocent man in the presence of his wife and children.

“They were responding quickly to precisely the sort of outrageous criminal behaviour that rightly offends the public.

“Whilst assaults on police officers are sadly not uncommon – 44 of my officers are assaulted every week across GM – such attacks can never be justified. Our officers are decent people who routinely place themselves in harm’s way to protect the public. They deserve our respect and support.”