A man will appear in court today after a car drove into a packed crowd of football fans in Liverpool.
Paul Doyle,53,has been charged with dangerous driving,grievous bodily harm with intent and wounding with intent.
Doyle,from West Derby in Liverpool, will appear at Liverpool Magistrates’ Court today.
According to The Times,Doyle is an IT professional and former Royal Marine.
He is accused of ploughing through dozens of people on Water Street who were celebrating Liverpool’s Premier League win on Monday evening.
At least 79 people were injured in the crash,with police stating the youngest person injured was nine years old.
Paul Doyle has been charged with seven offences
Crime Scene Investigators at the scene of the Liverpool FC parade incident on Water Street (Picture: Jan Kruger/Getty)
He faces multiple counts
Seven people remain in the hospital this afternoon and they are in a stable condition. Everyone injured in the crash is understood to be British.
During a press conference yesterday,Merseyside Police assistant chief constable Jenny Sims said: ‘As always,our thoughts remain with all of those injured and affected by this appalling incident,which took place during the Liverpool Football Club parade on Monday.
‘As you have heard from our CPS colleagues,the man arrested by Merseyside Police following the incident on Water Street has now been charged with seven serious offences.’
She said the full list of charges were two counts of unlawful and malicious wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm,two counts of causing unlawful and malicious grievous bodily harm with intent to cause grievous bodily harm,two counts of attempted,unlawful and malicious grievous bodily harm with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
He has also been charged with one count of dangerous driving,contrary to section two of the Road Traffic Act 1988.
Doyle will appear in court today
Several people were trapped underneath the car (Picture: Reuters)
Ms Sims added: ‘I fully understand how this incident has left us all shocked and saddened,and I know many will continue to have concerns and questions.
‘Our detectives are working tirelessly,with diligence and professionalism to seek the answer to all of those questions. When we are able to we will provide further information.’
Police previously said the car,which struck the Liverpool fans,followed an ambulance crew which had been let into Water Street to help treat someone who had a heart attack.
They added road closures were in places on Dale Street – which leads into Water Street – between North John Street and Exchange Street.
The episode was an ‘isolated incident’ (Picture: AFP)
Several fundraisers have been set up for those who were injured in the attack.
A fundraising campaign set up for those affected has raised more than £30,000,including a £10,000 donation from the Jamie Carragher 23 Foundation,the former Liverpool player’s charity.
The Liverpool Spirit Appeal was set up by the Community Foundation for Merseyside,in partnership with Liverpool City Council,and Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services (LCVS),and money raised will be distributed to those experiencing physical or psychological injuries as a result of the incident,as well as to community organisations.
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