Overview
- Liverpool Crown Court sentenced the 54-year-old after he pleaded guilty to 31 offenses, including multiple counts of grievous bodily harm and wounding with intent, dangerous driving and affray.
- Prosecutors said he intended to cause serious harm as dashcam showed him swearing and accelerating into pedestrians on Dale Street and Water Street, with people thrown onto the bonnet and trapped beneath the car.
- The incident injured 134 people, about 50 of whom were taken to hospital, with victims ranging from a six-month-old baby to a 77-year-old woman, and emergency services and bystanders freed several people from under the vehicle.
- Judge Andrew Menary described “horror and devastation on a scale not previously encountered by this court,” rejecting Doyle’s claims of panic or threats after detectives found no evidence for a knife or other justification.
- Doyle was arrested at the scene just after 6 p.m.; bodycam captured him saying he had ruined his family’s life, and the car was finally halted when a fan climbed in and held the gear selector in park.