Mr Amaaz previously told jurors he feared PC Marsden would “batter him” to death after he was grabbed by the head and neck and pushed downwards.
During cross-examination, prosecutor Paul Greaney KC asked Mr Amaaz whether he was “resisting” the attempts of officers to arrest him.
“If those officers wanted to detain me they could have simply told me so,” replied the accused.
“These officers had come and literally forced me straight into the ticket machine. They didn’t give me a second to think.”
Mr Greaney told members of the jury that Mr Amaaz went on to kick PC Marsden as the officer struggled with Mr Amaad.
And he said Mr Amaaz then punched PC Cook to the face.
He said: “You knew full well you were punching a woman.”
“No,” responded Mr Amaaz. “I didn’t know that at this stage.”
Mr Greaney pointed out to the accused that in CCTV footage he was looking straight in the direction of PC Ward when he then punched her to the face and broke her nose.
He said: “Can I invite you to acknowledge that you knew obviously she was a woman, a woman with long red hair?”
Amaaz replied: “Not at this moment, no. This has happened so quickly. It is a matter of seconds.”
