US EditionLiverpool parade crash driver Paul Doyle jailed for more than 21 years
Paul Doyle injured 134 people in a deliberate vehicle attack during Liverpool FC's Premier League parade, pleading guilty to 31 charges and receiving a 21.5-year sentence.
- Doyle, 54, was sentenced on Dec 16 to 21 years and six months after admitting 31 offences for injuring 134 people at the Liverpool title parade.
- Prosecutors said Doyle acted from `blind rage` after failing to reach a friend and `completely lost his temper`, using his vehicle as a weapon and rejecting his panic defence.
- Video presented at Liverpool Crown Court revealed dashcam and CCTV footage showing Doyle driving a nearly two-tonne vehicle for seven minutes, hitting pedestrians, a pram, and trapping a woman beneath the car.
- Judge Andrew Menary said 50 hospitalised victims ranged from six-month-old Teddy Eveson to 77-year-old Susan Passeon, adding Doyle caused `horror and devastation on a scale not previously encountered by this court.`
- Bystanders, including Dan Barr, stopped the vehicle by forcing the gear into `park` and smashing windows, police said the incident was not terrorism, and Doyle must serve at least two thirds of his sentence.
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Driver Who Rammed Crowd at Liverpool Soccer Parade Sentenced to Over 21 Years
A man who rammed his car into a crowd of Liverpool fans during the soccer club’s Premier League victory parade in the city in May was sentenced to more than 21 years on Dec. 16. Paul Doyle, 54, injured 134 people when he barreled the minivan he was driving into fans as they made their way home from the celebrations in Liverpool, northwest England, on May 26. Victims included a 6-month-old baby, whose stroller was flung into the air during the cr…
Paul Doyle, who drove a car into a crowd at Liverpool Football Club's victory parade, was sentenced to 21 and a half years behind bars on Tuesday.
The case goes back to the last month of May, when Liverpool's adoptives went out to the streets to celebrate the national campaign title. At the same time, Paul Doyle found 134 people in two minutes.
The man hit more than a hundred people because he lost his temper.
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