"Victims of Paul Doyle wept as dashcam footage showed bodies spinning through the air as he accelerated into crowds while screaming: Fucking hell, move! Doyle, 54, is due to be sentenced on Tuesday after pleading guilty on the first day of his trial last month to 31 offences against 21 adults and eight children. Paul Greaney KC, prosecuting, warned those in Liverpool crown court on Monday that the footage from Doyle's two-tonne Ford Galaxy was truly shocking."
"Greaney said Doyle was a man in a rage whose anger had completely taken hold of him as he ploughed further into the crowd, accelerating as people collided with his car. Mugshot of Paul Doyle after his arrest. Photograph: Crown Prosecution Service/AFP/Getty Images The footage, which will not be released because of its graphic nature, showed Doyle had struck dozens of people in barely two minutes as fans screamed around him."
"In total, the former Royal Marine injured 134 people in just seven minutes including more than 50 who needed hospital treatment. A six-month-old boy was remarkably uninjured despite being left splayed on the road when Doyle's car hit his pram, Greaney said. One fan, Simon Nash, was shown being thrown into the air by the vehicle, sustaining a laceration to the back of his head, rib fractures and multiple abrasions."
Paul Doyle drove a two-tonne Ford Galaxy into crowds at a Liverpool victory parade while shouting expletives and accelerating as people collided with his car. Dashcam footage captured bodies spinning through the air and showed Doyle shouting abusive commands while blasting the horn. He injured 134 people in seven minutes, more than 50 of whom required hospital treatment. Victims included children and a 77-year-old woman who suffered multiple fractures after being trapped under the car. A six-month-old boy was left splayed on the road but was uninjured. Doyle pleaded guilty to 31 offences against 21 adults and eight children and faces sentencing.
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