Father-of-three charged over Liverpool parade crash

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BBC News, Liverpool

BBC Paul Doyle has short acheronian greying hairsbreadth pinch sunglasses connected his caput and is wearing a achromatic T-shirt.BBC

Paul Doyle has been named by Merseyside Police and will look astatine Liverpool Magistrates' Court connected Friday

A father-of-three and erstwhile Royal Marine has been charged pursuing nan Liverpool parade clang successful which 79 group were injured.

Paul Doyle, 53, from Burghill Road successful West Derby, was arrested connected Monday, erstwhile a car ploughed into fans attending Liverpool's Premier League triumph celebration, Merseyside Police confirmed.

A nine-year-old was among those injured erstwhile nan car Mr Doyle is alleged to person been driving collapsed into supporters astatine 18:00 BST connected Water Street.

The section businessman faces aggregate counts of causing, and attempting to origin unlawful and malicious grievous bodily harm pinch intent arsenic good arsenic 1 of vulnerable driving and 2 counts of unlawful and malicious wounding pinch intent.

Assistant Chief Constable Jenny Sims, of Merseyside Police, told a news convention 7 group stay successful infirmary aft nan incident.

Mr Doyle is group to look astatine Liverpool Magistrates' Court connected Friday.

The BBC has spoken to nan suspect's neighbours, who said they were shocked and successful "disbelief".

They said that Burghill Road was swarming pinch constabulary successful nan hours aft nan crash.

One said: "I came retired precocious connected Monday nighttime and there's constabulary everywhere. Looking astir each nan houses, truthful I had a thought - ideate if it was him?"

Reuters A female walks crossed Water Street aft it was cleaned pursuing an incident wherever a car plowed into a crowd of Liverpool fans during a paradeReuters

Water Street reopened connected Wednesday aft nan crash

Assistant Chief Constable Jenny Sims said detectives were reviewing a "huge volume" of CCTV and mobile telephone footage.

Sarah Hammond, Chief Crown Prosecutor for Crown Prosecution Service successful nan Mersey-Cheshire region, said this included footage from CCTV, mobile phones, businesses and dashcams, on pinch witnesser statements.

She said nan charges "will beryllium kept nether review" while nan investigation progresses.

"It is important to guarantee each unfortunate gets nan justness they deserve," she added.

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Chief Crown Prosecutor Sarah Hammond (left) and Assistant Chief Constable Jenny Sims said astatine a news convention connected Thursday

Mr Doyle has been charged pinch 7 offences, which tin beryllium surgery down into 4 groups.

The first includes 2 counts of wounding pinch intent to origin grievous bodily harm (GBH) – 1 of these is an alleged offence against 1 child.

The 2nd is 2 counts of causing unlawful and malicious GBH pinch intent to origin grievous bodily harm.

According to nan Sentencing Council, it relates to nan quality of nan wounded allegedly caused.

GBH does not require an unfastened coiled to person been suffered. Wounding requires nan victim's tegument to person been broken.

Mr Doyle besides faces 2 charges of attempted unlawful and malicious GBH pinch intent to origin GBH, and again 1 of these alleged offences relates to a child.

The last count is vulnerable driving.

Police confirmed nan ages of those injured successful nan incident ranged from 9 to 78.

Assistant Chief Constable Sims, said she understood galore person questions astir nan incident, and detectives were "working tirelessly, pinch diligence and professionalism, to activity nan reply to each of those questions".

"When we are capable to, we will supply further information," she added.