Paul Doyle claimed he 'feared for his life' when he drove into crowds at LFC parade

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The 54-year-old was 'completely sober' when he ploughed into more than 100 men, women and children on Water StreetPaul Doyle was "completely sober" when he drove into crowds at Liverpool FC's title parade and claimed to have acted "in blind panic and in fear of his life", a court has heard. From an early stage, Paul Doyle drove dangerously along that road, frightening people as he did so.

At the time that he drove into and over 100 people, Paul Doyle was completely sober, and free of all drugs.“So, why did the defendant behave in such an extraordinary and harmful way on Dale Street and Water Street? Paul Doyle claimed, when subsequently interviewed by the police, that he acted as he did in a blind panic and in fear of his life because of how some in the crowd had behaved towards him.

When he did so, he intended to cause people within the crowd serious harm. What we are about to display on the screens is truly shocking.”The prosecution has played footage taken from Doyle's dashcam which showed him driving down Dale Street and Water Street and ploughing into crowds of terrified fans.