Paul Doyle Faces 24 Additional Charges Over Liverpool Parade Incident
A man accused of driving into crowds at Liverpool’s Premier League victory parade now faces 24 new charges, including allegations involving two infants.
Paul Doyle, 53, appeared in tears via videolink from prison during a brief Liverpool Crown Court hearing on Thursday.
He had already been charged with seven offences following the shocking incident on Water Street in the city centre just after 6pm on Monday, May 26.
Liverpool Crown Court heard six of the new allegations concern children, including two babies – one aged six months, the other seven months at the time of the incident.
Doyle, dressed in a grey T-shirt, did not enter any pleas during the roughly 20-minute hearing.
Recorder of Liverpool, Judge Andrew Menary KC, adjourned proceedings until 4 September, when Doyle is expected to enter his pleas.
The additional charges comprise 23 counts of assault and one count of affray.
Merseyside Police said 134 people were injured after Doyle allegedly drove his Ford Galaxy Titanium into crowds leaving the waterfront following the parade.
Previously, Doyle, who lives in Croxteth, Liverpool, faced two counts of wounding with intent, two counts of causing grievous bodily harm with intent, two counts of attempted grievous bodily harm with intent, and one count of dangerous driving.
Among these, a wounding charge and an attempted grievous bodily harm charge relate to children aged 11 and 17.
Earlier this year, a provisional trial date was set for 24 November, with the proceedings expected to last three to four weeks.
