Liverpool Parade Accused Faces 24 New Charges

A man accused of deliberately driving into a crowd of fans astatine Liverpool FC's Premier League triumph parade has been charged pinch 24 caller offences, including attempted grievous bodily harm of 2 babies.

Paul Doyle appeared astatine Liverpool Crown Court complete video-link from situation and became tearful arsenic he was asked to corroborate his identity.

He was owed to participate pleas to nan 7 counts he primitively faced complete nan incident successful May, but nan tribunal heard prosecutors had introduced 24 caller counts to nan indictment - a ineligible word for database of charges he faces.

Mr Doyle, of West Derby successful Liverpool, was not asked to participate pleas to immoderate charges aft his barrister, Simon Csoka KC, asked for much clip to see nan caller counts.

More than 130 group were injured erstwhile a Ford Galaxy car ploughed into a crowd connected Water Street, successful Liverpool metropolis centre, connected nan evening of 26 May.

The tribunal heard 23 of nan caller charges reflected injuries to victims, while 1 was a count of affray.

Five of nan victims were children aged betwixt six months and 17 years old, nan tribunal heard. Two children were included successful nan original group of charges.

According to nan indictment, 17 of nan caller counts were attempting to origin grievous bodily harm pinch intent, 5 of causing grievous bodily harm pinch intent and 1 of wounding pinch intent to origin grievous bodily harm.

Mr Csoka told nan tribunal his customer had only seen nan item of nan caller charges soon earlier nan proceeding and had not had chance to publication done caller witnesser statements.

He said Mr Doyle had applied for a laptop while connected remand successful situation to alteration him to position CCTV and different integer evidence, but that exertion had still not been decided, 2 months on.

A number of family members of those injured successful nan onslaught watched nan proceeding from nan nationalist gallery.