Liverpool Champion Parade: 53-year-old Paul Doyle is charged with seven serious crimes, after dozens of cars injured Football News
A 53-year-old man has been charged with seven serious offences after being injured by a car during a Premier League championship parade in Liverpool on Monday.
Paul Desmond Sanders Doyle, a car driver who collided with a pedestrian on Monday, was charged with the following charges:
- Two counts of illegal and malicious injury, with the aim of causing serious bodily harm
- Two items of serious physical injury that caused illegal and malicious intention to cause serious physical injury
- Two attempted illegal and malicious serious physical injury, intent to cause serious physical injury
- One count of dangerous driving
After 6pm on Monday, 79 people were injured in the incident on Water Street in downtown, with the victims ranging in age from 9 to 78.
The charges involved six victims and two charges, one of which was intent to be injured, and one of which was attempted to be severe physical injury related to a child.
He has been remanded and will appear in the Liverpool Magistrates Court on Friday, May 30.
The Crown Prosecutor's Office (CPS) said the allegations will be “reviewed as the investigation proceeds.”
In a statement to reporters on Thursday, CPS Mersey County chief prosecutor Sarah Hammond said: “The investigation is in its early stages.
Prosecutors and police are continuing to review large amounts of evidence with Pace.
“This includes multiple videotapes and many witness statements.
“It is important to ensure that every victim receives the justice he deserves.”
In a press conference, Assistant Chief Police Officer Jenny Sims of Merseyside Police Department added: “I fully understand that this incident has shocked and saddened us all, and I know many of them will continue to attract attention and problems.
“Our detectives are working tirelessly in a diligent and professional way to seek answers to all of these questions. We will provide further information when we have the capacity.”
More than 50 people were treated in different hospitals, and seven were stable there on Wednesday.
The Assistant Chief Police Officer added: “I encourage any police officer who may have information that has not been contacted yet, please step up and contact us.
“As usual, my thoughts still exist victims and everyone is affected.”