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Irish Independent
2 days ago
- Irish Independent
Liverpool parade crash suspect Paul Doyle faces 24 new charges over incident
Paul Doyle (53) was previously charged with seven offences after 134 people were injured when he allegedly drove his Ford Galaxy Titanium into crowds in Liverpool city centre. He now faces a total of 31 counts, including 23 further assault charges and one count of affray. Six of the new offences relate to children, including one six-month-old and one seven-month-old, Liverpool Crown Court was told at a hearing yesterday. Mr Doyle sobbed as he appeared wearing a grey T-shirt by video link from prison. Several relatives of the defendant and more than 20 members of the media were in court. Recorder of Liverpool Judge Andrew Menary KC adjourned the case until September 4, when Mr Doyle is expected to enter pleas. Hundreds of fans were leaving the victory parade when the incident happened on Water Street, just after 6pm on May 26. Up to a million supporters had gathered to celebrate Liverpool's 20th league title in a 15km parade in the city. Mr Doyle, of Croxteth in Liverpool, was arrested at the scene, where fire crews worked to rescue several people who were trapped under the car and dozens were taken to hospital. Days later he was charged with 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. It is alleged Mr Doyle, who has been remanded in custody, drove dangerously on roads between his home address on Burghill Road and Water Street. At his first court appearance, Liverpool Magistrates Court heard he was alleged to have 'used his vehicle deliberately as a weapon'. A provisional trial date has been set for November 24, which could last three to four weeks.
Yahoo
11-03-2025
- Yahoo
Lee Harrison gives thumbs up in court as police recover 'ugly object' from bedroom
The boyfriend of murder victim Ashley Dale was caught with a "zombie machete" after he was stopped by police. Officers had found the "ugly looking object" in his bedroom after he had attempted to conceal a bag of drugs by kicking them underneath a car. Liverpool Magistrates Court heard today (March 11) how plain clothes officers stopped a BMW that Harrison was the passenger of. The vehicle was "registered and insured out of the Merseyside area". The stop occurred on September 19 last year, and the 27-year-old was searched "due to his demeanour". During the search a snap bag containing ketamine was seen by his feet. READ MORE: EasyJet flight from Manchester Airport nearly crashes into mountain with 190 on board READ MORE: 'I've killed two people. That's it, my life is over" Diana Przemecka, prosecuting, described how he attempted to kick these drugs under the vehicle, but was unsuccessful in doing so. Harrison went on to tell the PCs that it was "just a little tiny bit of ketamine", adding: "It's ket, it's a bag of ket." This led to him being taken to his then home address on Liverpool Road in Huyton where, upon a further search, a second small bag of the class B drug was seized from his person. A "zombie style machete" was meanwhile one of a "number of exhibits" which were recovered from his bedroom. Harrison, was the target of a devastating shooting which saw Ashley Dale killed in her own home on Leinster Road in Old Swan aged 28 in 2022 as reported by the ECHO. His previous convictions include two offences of possession of a bladed article in a public place. Joseph Bleasdale, defending, told the court: "He has complied with the police since the beginning of these proceedings. He is currently serving a lengthy custodial sentence for unrelated matters. "It is an ugly looking object. There is no getting around that. It has not been taken out in public or used to threaten anybody. It was found in his bedroom. There is a vast difference between that and somebody who brings these items out in public." Harrison admitted possession of an offensive weapon in a private place and possession of ketamine. Appearing via video link to HMP Liverpool wearing a navy blue tracksuit top, he was sentenced to eight weeks in prison by the magistrates panel. However, this term will be served concurrently to an imprisonment of five years he was handed earlier this year for drug trafficking offences. Harrison responded by saying "so it runs with this one, yeah?" and putting his thumb up to the camera, with forfeiture and destruction of the machete and ketamine also being ordered. Liverpool Crown Court heard last month that he and his co-defendant Terence Rice, of Bearwood Road in Kirkby, supplied class A drugs on a county lines model in an operation known as the "Kyle Line". An investigation found they had sold heroin and crack cocaine to users "on at least 247 occasions", with the estimated quantities involved totalling 222.g. Holly Menary, appearing for the prosecution on this occasion, detailed how these illicit substances came with a street value of between £8,892 and £22,230. Their involvement was revealed after Merseyside Police stopped a BMW X3 on Jennifer Avenue in Kirkdale on the evening of November 25 last year, the vehicle having travelled through the Wallasey Tunnel moments beforehand. Rice was driving at the time, with an "agitated and nervous" Harrison in the passenger seat. His iPhone was seized at this time, although he refused to provide PCs with the pin code. A Nokia mobile phone and £920 were also recovered from the centre console. Ms Menary added: "When the defendants were asked who the Nokia phone belonged to, they both said it was not them. Clearly, that was a lie. The phone contained the Kyle Line. "Each defendant at times held the line and were in contact with each other when the other one was holding the line. Mr Rice used the line to contact his partner. Bulk messages were sent out to over 100 different users. This is indicative of both defendants being in control of the line at different times." Officers then attended Harrison's home address, gaining entry with a key found on him. His mum Sharon Harrison was inside the three bedroom property at the time. When his bedroom was searched, "a number of items consistent with drug supply, including a block of cocaine" valued at between £4,760 and £11,900 were found. Other drug paraphernalia discovered including several white plastic bags, a mixing bowl containing brown powder, an adulterant for cocaine and a set of scales. Harrison's mum's bedroom was meanwhile found to contain "other items consistent with use for the same purpose", including a bag of white powder, three phones and also a snap bag containing brown herbs. Bags "containing remnants of white powder" were meanwhile seized from the living room.
