Liverpool FC Parade
Driver Pleads Guilty …
After Plowing Car Into Crowd, Injuring 130 Fans
Published
A person who drove his automobile right into a densely packed group of followers at a Liverpool FC parade, hurting 130 folks, together with a 6-month-old child, has pleaded responsible to all 31 prices he was going through.
Paul Doyle — the 54-year-old man who was behind the wheel of the Ford Galaxy Titanium — Â switched course on the second day of his trial this week, opting to vary his plea and settle for duty for the incident.
Doyle pleaded responsible to 17 prices of trying to trigger grievous bodily hurt (GBH) with intent, 9 counts of inflicting GBH with intent and three counts of wounding with intent.
According to the BBC … Doyle put his head down and sobbed throughout the hearing.
Prosecutors described Doyle as rising “agitated by the crowds” on May 26, 2025 — the day of Liverpool’s end-of-season victory parade — when he intentionally drove his car via the gang.
“This was not a momentary lapse by Paul Doyle, it was a choice he made that day and it turned celebration into mayhem,” Sarah Hammond, chief crown prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service, mentioned.
The scary scene was captured on video, exhibiting Paul’s 2-ton car making its manner via the gang as bystanders desperately tried to cease him.
Doyle — who served within the Royal Marines — was arrested on the scene.
After his plea, the decide warned Doyle that he ought to brace for a prison sentence of “some length.”
Liverpool FC launched a press release shortly after the information got here down at trial, saying they hope at this time “brings some peace to all those affected by the horrific incident.”