Liverpool parade driver was “in a rage” as he shouted “get out the f*****g way”

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Opening the facts of the case, Paul Greaney KC said: “The strong sense from the dashcam footage is that the defendant regarded himself as the most important person on Dale Street, and considered that everyone else needed to get out of his way so that he could get to where he wanted to get to.” The court was played multiple clips of the incident, which the prosecutor described as “particularly shocking”, adding: “The prosecution case is what we are seeing there is a man in a rage, whose anger had completely taken hold of him.” In some of the footage, a pram could be seen on its side. “In doing so, he not only caused injury on a large scale, but he also generated horror in those who had attended what they had thought would be a day of joyfulness.” Mr Greaney said Doyle was in the city to collect a friend and his family from the celebrations.

Paul Doyle just lost his temper in his desire to get to where he wanted to get to. “In a rage, he drove into the crowd, and when he did so, he intended to cause people within the crowd serious harm.

“He was prepared to cause those in the crowd, even children, serious harm if necessary to achieve his aim of getting through. “He was the one who needed to take care and who had a responsibility to the pedestrians ahead of him.” The prosecutor told the court Doyle had an opportunity to “stop and gain protection” from police officers in a police van he had passed during the rampage.