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The driver who mowed down crowds of football fans at Liverpool FC’s Premier League trophy celebrations cried as footage from his dashcam was played to a court.
Paul Doyle, who is being sentenced for the parade attack, could be heard screaming ‘move’, ‘f****** pricks’ and ‘get out the f****** way’.
The horrifying footage played to the court showed supporters on the bonnet of his seven-seater car, as people, including children, appeared to go under the vehicle.
More than 130 people were hurt during the seven-minute attack on May 26, which was immediately feared to be a terrorist incident.
Investigators said that Doyle, a former Royal Marine, did not have a terror motive, however, and was also not under the influence of alcohol or drugs at the time.
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Court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook of Paul Doyle, 53, appearing at Liverpool Crown Court during his trial where he is accused of multiple offences after allegedly driving into crowds of football fans gathered in the city centre for the Liverpool FC end of season victory parade on May 26. Picture date: Tuesday November 25, 2025. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Elizabeth Cook/PA Wire
Paul Doyle, 53, appearing at Liverpool Crown Court during his trial on November 25 (Picture: Elizabeth Cook/PA Wire)
Prosecutor Paul Greaney KC said that although Doyle had initially claimed to have panicked in fear of his life,’the truth is a simple one’: ‘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.
‘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.
‘The truth is as simple as the consequences were awful.’
The youngest victim was just six months old, a baby boy who was being pushed in his pram at the time.
(FILES) Police officers stand at a cordon on in Water Street in Liverpool, north-west England on May 27, 2025, after a car ploughed in to crowds gathered to watch an open-top bus victory parade for Liverpool's Premier League trophy parade. The sentencing hearing for British man Paul Doyle who ploughed his car through crowds of fans celebrating Liverpool's Premier League victory in May, injuring over 100 people, is set to begin on December 15, 2025. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP via Getty Images)
Police officers stand at a cordon on in Water Street in Liverpool on May 27, the day after the attack (Picture: Getty)
Doyle put his head down and shut his eyes as the footage showed his car hitting crowds of supporters in the city centre.
Other victims in court were also in tears as the video was played, which showed the view from the windscreen of his Ford Galaxy.
Pedestrians could be seen pulling their children out of the way to stop them being hit as he drove down Dale Street.
As Doyle ploughed down Water Street, a closed-off street packed with fans, he could be heard shouting and screaming ‘move’, ‘f****** pricks’ and ‘get out the f****** way’.
The footage, which will not be released because of its graphic nature, showed the windscreen smash after a man landed on it.
Doyle has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, affray, 17 charges of attempting to cause grievous bodily harm (GBH) with intent, nine counts of causing GBH with intent and three counts of wounding with intent.
His sentencing hearing at Liverpool Crown Court is due to last two days.
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