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Paul Doyle has been jailed for 21 years after ploughing his car into Liverpool fans during title celebrations, injuring 134 people in one of Britain’s worst attacks on a sporting crowd.
Paul Doyle, a former Royal Marine, has been sentenced to 21 years and six months in prison after driving his car into a crowd of Liverpool supporters during the club’s title celebrations in May.
The 54-year-old rammed a Ford Galaxy into fans gathered on Water Street on May 26, injuring 134 people in just two minutes, including a six-month-old baby.
At Liverpool Crown Court, prosecutors played harrowing footage recorded inside the vehicle, in which Doyle can be heard shouting “move over” and “get out of the way” as he accelerated through the packed street.
The prosecution described the attack as an act of rage, arguing that Doyle was prepared to cause serious harm to children if it meant forcing his way through the crowd.
Several victims delivered emotional statements to the court. One mother recalled the moment Doyle’s car struck her son’s stroller, sending the six-month-old flying several metres on impact.
“This horror will haunt me for the rest of my life,” she told the court.
Another victim addressed Doyle directly.
“Don’t cry for yourself. Be brave and take responsibility,” they said.
The court also heard testimony from a man who jumped into the car in the final moments and managed to put it into park, preventing further casualties. He told the hearing the incident reawakened trauma from his military service in Iraq, leaving him with renewed psychological distress.
During sentencing, the court revealed Doyle’s violent past. In the 1990s, he was jailed after a fight in which he bit off part of a man’s ear and was later punished for assaulting a superior officer while serving in the Royal Marines.
Prosecutors acknowledged that Doyle had lived a largely stable life for nearly three decades, but said that made his actions in 2025 all the more shocking.
Doyle pleaded guilty to 31 offences, including dangerous driving, violent disorder and causing grievous bodily harm.
The sentence is among the harshest ever imposed in Britain for an attack on a sporting crowd, bringing grim closure to an event that should have been remembered as one of the greatest days in Liverpool’s football history.
Instead, the city’s celebrations were permanently scarred by an act of violence that left dozens injured and an entire community traumatised.