Overview
- Paul Doyle, 54, pleaded not guilty after four charges were amended to reflect medical evidence during the first day of proceedings.
- He denies 31 offences including dangerous driving, affray, 17 counts of attempted GBH with intent, nine counts of GBH with intent and three counts of wounding with intent.
- A jury of seven men and five women was sworn, with two reserve jurors seated to hear the prosecution’s opening.
- Judge Andrew Menary KC instructed jurors to avoid outside research or social media discussion before sending them home until the Crown opens its case on Wednesday morning.
- The charges stem from a May 26 incident on Water Street in which a Ford Galaxy struck crowds leaving Liverpool FC’s title parade, with police reporting 134 injured and about 50 hospitalised; the indictment names 29 victims aged six months to 77.