Overview
- A man driving away from the Queens Arms in Huyton deliberately reversed and then drove into a small crowd after an earlier pub dispute, with bystander video showing a person being run over.
- The main victim, 61-year-old John Amore, suffered fractures to both his tibia and fibula, underwent a nine-hour operation with a skin graft, spent nine days in hospital and was unable to work for nine months.
- Police recorded an initial breath test of 84 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath, above the 35 microgram legal limit, and the driver later refused to give a blood sample citing a needle phobia.
- Liam Naylor pleaded guilty to grievous bodily harm, dangerous driving, drink-driving and failing to provide a specimen and was jailed for 35 months and banned from driving for 47 months with an extended retest required.
- Merseyside Police and the judge stressed the case shows the danger of drink-driving and of using a car as a weapon, a warning likely to shape local enforcement and public safety messages going forward.