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Liverpool FC parade maniac jailed for 21 years
Court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook of Paul Doyle, 53, appearing at Liverpool Magistrates' Court, May 30, 2025

A DRIVER who injured 134 Liverpool FC supporters as he ploughed through crowds during the club’s victory parade was today jailed for 21 years and six months.

Paul Doyle, 54, “lost his temper” and drove his Ford Galaxy directly into supporters making their way home from the Premier League title celebrations in the city centre on May 26.

His victims included six-month-old Teddy Eveson, whose pram was thrown in the air in the crash, and 77-year-old Susan Passey.

Sentencing judge Andrew Menary KC said his “inexplicable and undiluted fury” caused “horror and devastation on a scale not previously encountered by this court.”

The former royal marine changed his pleas to guilty moments before his trial was about to open last month, admitting dangerous driving, affray, 17 charges of attempting to cause grievous bodily harm (GBH) with intent, nine of causing GBH with intent and three of wounding with intent.

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