Paul Doyle: All the charges he now faces after Liverpool parade crash
The alleged driver in the Liverpool parade horror crash now faces a total of 31 charges relating to 29 victims. Paul Doyle, 53, sobbed as the court heard how the youngest victims on the indictment were two baby boys aged just six and seven-months-old at the time.
Another six children aged 10 to 17-years-old were also injured in the ordeal. The oldest victim was a 77-year-old woman. Doyle, of Burghill Road, West Derby, is now charged with injuring eight children and 21 adults. The identities of the children are protected by a court anonymity order.
Doyle was originally charged with seven offences, but the court heard another 24 had since been added to the indictment. The 31 charges he faces include one of dangerous driving, one of affray, and 29 other GBH-related offences, including nine of causing GBH with intent, two of wounding with intent and 18 of attempted GBH.
He is scheduled to face a trial in November, but will appear at Liverpool crown court next month to enter a plea to all 31 counts. Merseyside Police said a total of 134 people were injured in the crash on May 26, as 1.5 million football fans had gathered to celebrate Liverpool FC winning the Premier League.
Fans had begun walking home after the celebrations when a Ford Galaxy Titanium began mowing down pedestrians on Water Street in Liverpool city centre. Police and fans swarmed the car in the aftermath and Doyle was arrested on suspicion of being the man behind the wheel of the vehicle.
Appearing in court via videolink from prison, Doyle wore a grey t-shirt and sat behind a desk with a notepad and pen in front of him during the short 20 minute hearing on Thursday. The court heard that Doyle had made an application to have a laptop in prison in order to watch video evidence of the crash.
But two months after making the application, Doyle had still not been given an answer, the court was told. Judge Andrew Menary adjourned the proceedings to September to give Doyle's barrister time to go through the new charges with the defendant. Full breakdown of the charges and Doyle's alleged victims: 1. Dangerous driving 2. Affray 3. Attempt to cause GBH to Jack Trotter 4. Attempt to cause GBH to Jon Evans 5. Attempt to cause GBH to Scott Dolan 6. Cause GBH to a 12-year-old boy 7. Attempt to cause GBH to a 17-year-old boy 8. Cause GBH to Helen Gilmore 9. Attempt to cause GBH to a 10-year-old girl 10. Attempt to cause GBH to Jacqueline McClaren 11. Caused GBH to Anna Bilonozhenko 12. Attempt to cause GBH to Jamie Fagan 13. Attempt to cause GBH to a 13-year-old boy 14. Attempt to cause GBH to Carl Martin 15. Attempt to cause GBH to James Vernon 16. Wounded Simon Nash with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. 17. Attempt to cause GBH to a six-month-old baby boy 18. Cause GBH to Sheree Aldridge 19. Attempt to cause GBH to Emily Wright 20. Attempt to cause GBH to a seven-month-old baby boy 21. Cause GBH to an 11-year-old boy 22. Wounded Robin Darke with intent to do him grievous bodily harm 23. Cause GBH to Sam Alexander 24. Attempt to cause GBH to Hannah O'Neill 25. Attempt to cause GBH to Stefan Dettlaf 26. Cause GBH to Christine Seeckts 27. Attempt to cause GBH to David Price 28. Cause GBH to Susan Passey 29. Cause GBH to a 17-year-old boy 30. Attempt to cause GBH to Ethan Gilland 31. Attempt to cause GBH to James Weston
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