Driver charged with grievous bodily harm after ploughing into Liverpool football fans

Published on 29/05/2025 - 19:43 GMT+2

A driver who injured astir 80 group erstwhile his car ploughed into a crowd of shot fans successful cardinal Liverpool who were celebrating their team’s Premier League triumph has been charged pinch intentionally causing grievous bodily harm and six different superior counts, a charismatic has said.

Paul Doyle, 53, was besides charged pinch vulnerable driving and 5 different counts alleging different variations of causing grievous bodily harm, Prosecutor Sarah Hammond said.

Police said 79 group were injured successful nan attack, pinch astatine slightest 50 treated astatine hospitals. They ranged successful property from 9 to 78.

Seven group stay successful infirmary successful a unchangeable condition.

The charges did not bespeak really galore victims nan counts were tied to and Hammond and Assistant Chief Constable Jenny Sims of Merseyside Police did not return questions successful a little news convention successful Liverpool.

"I afloat understand really this incident has near america each shocked and saddened and I cognize galore will proceed to person concerns and questions," Sims said.

"Our detectives are moving tirelessly, pinch diligence and professionalism to activity nan reply to each of those questions."

The metropolis had been celebrating Liverpool's record-tying 20th title erstwhile nan driver turned down a thoroughfare afloat of fans and joyousness quickly turned to tragedy.

Police said they believed Doyle dodged a roadworthy artifact by tailing an ambulance responding to a study of a personification successful cardiac arrest.

Eyewitness video showed scenes of scary arsenic nan car struck and tossed a personification successful nan aerial who was draped successful a Liverpool emblem and past swerved into a oversea of group packed connected nan broadside of nan road.

Merseyside Police said nan driver was believed to person acted unsocial and they did not fishy terrorism.