{"id":43109,"date":"2025-09-04T12:59:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T12:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/43109\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T12:59:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T12:59:09","slug":"former-royal-marine-accused-of-ploughing-car-into-fans-at-liverpool-trophy-parade-denies-31-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/43109\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Royal Marine accused of ploughing car into fans at Liverpool trophy parade denies 31 charges"},"content":{"rendered":"

BREAKING\u00a0|\u00a0<\/p>\n

Merseyside Police said 134 people were injured when Paul Doyle (53) allegedly drove his Ford Galaxy Titanium into crowds\n<\/p>\n

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Man accused of driving into crowds at Liverpool victory parade pleads not guilty<\/p>\n

A former Royal Marine accused of ploughing his car into football fans at Liverpool\u2019s Premier League victory parade, injuring 134 people, has denied 31 charges.<\/p>\n

Paul Doyle, 53, appeared via video link from prison wearing a grey t-shirt on Thursday as he entered the not guilty pleas at Liverpool Crown Court to allegations relating to 29 victims, aged between six months and 77 years.<\/p>\n

Merseyside Police said 134 people were injured when Mr Doyle allegedly drove his Ford Galaxy Titanium into crowds who were leaving after the city centre parade in May.<\/p>\n

He was originally charged with seven offences but at a hearing last month a further 24 charges were added to the indictment.<\/p>\n

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Today’s News in 90 Seconds – September 4th 2025 <\/p>\n

Mr Doyle, of Croxteth, Liverpool, is charged with 18 counts of attempting to cause grievous bodily harm with intent, nine counts of causing grievous bodily harm with intent, two counts of wounding with intent, one count of dangerous driving and one count of affray.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of fans were leaving the waterfront victory parade when the incident occurred on Water Street just after 6pm on 26 May. Up to a million supporters had gathered to celebrate Liverpool\u2019s 20th league title in a 10-mile parade in the city.<\/p>\n

The suspect was arrested at the scene, where fire crews worked to rescue several people who were trapped under the car and dozens were taken to the hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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A police officer walks the site of the incident during the Liverpool parade. Photo: Reuters<\/p>\n

It is alleged that Mr Doyle, who has been remanded in custody, drove dangerously on roads between his home address in Burghill Road and Water Street.<\/p>\n

At his first court appearance, Liverpool Magistrates’ Court heard he was alleged to have \u201cused his vehicle deliberately as a weapon\u201d.<\/p>\n

A provisional trial date has been set for 24 November, which could last three to four weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BREAKING\u00a0|\u00a0 Merseyside Police said 134 people were injured when Paul Doyle (53) allegedly drove his Ford Galaxy Titanium…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43110,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[18,19,17,1534,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-43109","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-liverpool-football-club","12":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}