Overview
- Liverpool Crown Court handed down the sentence on December 16 after a multi-day hearing examining the May incident.
- The attack occurred during Liverpool FC’s victory parade on May 26 and injured 134 people, about 50 of whom were hospitalized, according to police.
- Prosecutor Paul Greaney said Doyle intended to cause serious injury and described his conduct as an “access of rage” as he forced his way through supporters.
- Doyle, 54, was arrested at the scene and told police he had ruined his family’s life, and he sobbed in court during sentencing.
- An ex-soldier, Daniel Barr, helped stop the car by shifting it into park, and investigators ruled out a terrorism motive.