Liverpool FC parade suspect Paul Doyle appears in court

An ex-Royal Marine Commando appeared in court today accused of driving into and injuring fans at Liverpool FC's Premier League victory parade. Paul Doyle, 53, faces a series of alleged offences after a car was driven into crowds during the Reds' Premier League title celebrations in Liverpool city centre on May 26th.

More than 100 pedestrians, ranging from children aged as young as nine to a 78-year-old, were injured after being struck by a Ford Galaxy on Water Street, in Liverpool, shortly after 6pm that Monday, with 50 having required hospital treatment. They have since been discharged from hospital.

Married father-of-three Doyle's case was listed before Liverpool Crown Court this morning for a case management hearing.

The businessman, wearing a grey t-shirt and spectacles, with shorter cropped and slicked back hair, spoke only twice - once to confirm who he was and again to confirm he could properly hear all the proceedings.

During the hearing in Court 41 before The Honorary Recorder of Liverpool Judge Andrew Menary KC he occasionally put on his glasses to make notes with a pen and paper while appearing via video link from an undisclosed prison.

The judge further remanded him into custody ahead of plea and trial preparation on August 14.

Doyle, of Burghill Road, West Derby, Merseyside, currently faces seven charges.

Those charges are dangerous driving; wounding 52 year-old Simon Nash with intent; wounding an 11 year-old boy with intent; GBH with intent on 77 year-old Susan Passey; GBH with intent on 66 year-old Christine Seecks; attempted GBH with intent on 18 year-old Ethan Gillard and attempted GBH with intent on a 17 year-old boy.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) previously said the charges against Doyle would be kept "under review as the investigation progresses".

In May, as he stood in the glass-panelled Liverpool magistrates Court dock looking ashen-faced, Doyle shook his head in the dock as a court heard he used a car "as a weapon" to mow down the Liverpool FC fans at their victory parade.

Doyle's trial remains listed for between three to four weeks at Liverpool Crown Court, starting in November 2025.