A police officer is facing a criminal investigation for allegedly sharing CCTV footage of violence that broke out between officers and two men at Manchester Airport.
Footage was shared widely on social media of the disturbance in July last year, with Mohammed Fahir Amaaz last week being found guilty at Liverpool Crown Court of attacking two female police officers.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) confirmed a Greater Manchester Police officer was being investigated on suspicion of sharing a video relating to an active police investigation without any legitimate policing purpose.
The watchdog said an investigation was continuing and it would seek the officer’s own account of events “in due course”.
She said the officer had been informed they were being investigated on suspicion of corrupt or other improper exercise of police powers and privileges and the unlawful obtaining of personal data.
They will also be questioned regarding two offences under the Computer Misuse Act 1990, misconduct in a public office and perverting the course of justice
