Overview
- A jury of seven men and five women was empaneled with two reserves at Liverpool Crown Court before Judge Andrew Menary KC.
- Four counts were amended in open court, including one reduced to attempted grievous bodily harm and another reclassified as wounding, and Doyle entered not guilty pleas to each revision.
- Doyle, 54, denies all 31 offences, which include dangerous driving, affray, 17 counts of attempted GBH with intent, nine counts of GBH with intent and three counts of wounding with intent.
- Prosecutors say the charges arise from a May 26 collision on Water Street when a Ford Galaxy struck crowds leaving Liverpool FC’s title parade, an incident that injured 134 people with 50 treated in hospital.
- Emergency services reported four people trapped under the vehicle who were freed after the car was lifted, and police have said the case is not being treated as terrorism.