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The moment an ex-royal marine screamed ‘move, get out the f***ing way’ as he mowed down Liverpool fans with his car at a victory parade can now be released as he is jailed for 21 years and six months.
Audio released as Paul Doyle, 54, was sentenced today captures him aggressively shouting and beeping his horn, as he ploughed into crowds celebrating the club’s Premier League title win in May this year.
Doyle, a father-of-three, from Croxteth, Liverpool, tried to lie that he ‘panicked’ and drove the car into the crowds out of fear for his own life.
But the truth captured on his own dashcam and in CCTV footage shows that he lost his temper and deliberately drove his car as a ‘weapon’ into the crowd.
Bodycam footage released today also shows the moment a whimpering Doyle said he had ‘ruined his life’ as he was detained by police.
Sentencing Doyle, Judge Andrew Menary said the CCTV of the rampage was ‘truly shocking’, and showed him ‘quite deliberately accelerating into groups of fans, time and time again’.
Doyle’s shouts and expletives as he ploughed through the terrified crowds underlined that his state of mind was ‘inexplicable and undiluted fury’, the judge added.
The ex-royal marine did not react as his sentence was handed down at Liverpool Crown Court today.
He will serve two-thirds of the prison term in custody and will also be banned from driving for three years after his release.
This is the horrifying moment an ex-royal marine screamed ‘move, get out the f***ing way’ as he mowed down Liverpool fans with his car at a victory parade
Paul Doyle has been sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court after driving into football fans in May
Doyle previously pleaded guilty to 31 offences relating to seriously injuring people during the victory parade in May. He injured a total of 134 people in seven minutes
Doyle injured 134 people including a terror attack victim, cancer survivor, Ukrainian refugee and even a six-month-old baby in a pram.
He previously pleaded guilty to 31 offences relating to seriously injuring people during the victory parade in May.
Prosecutors said in the space of two minutes, his Ford Galaxy – which weighed nearly two tonnes – collided with ‘well over 100 people’.
The 29 victims named in the indictment ranged in age from six-month-old Teddy Eveson, whose pram was thrown in the air in the crash, and 77-year-old Susan Passey.
In bodycam footage released today, Doyle can be heard saying ‘oh Jesus Christ, sounds horrible’ as he sat in a police van following the rampage.
The camera also appears to show Doyle slumped against a seat inside the vehicle, before saying: ‘My life’s ruined now.’
He continued to tell officers: ‘It’s ruined so many people’s lives, that.
‘That’s just ruined and affected so many lives.’
At the sentencing hearing, Judge Menary KC told the defendant he acted in an ‘inexplicable and undiluted fury’ when he ploughed into crowds.
He told Doyle: ‘It is almost impossible to comprehend how any right-thinking person could act as you did.
‘To drive a vehicle into crowds of pedestrians with such persistence and disregard for human life defies ordinary understanding.’
The judge added: ‘Your actions caused horror and devastation on a scale not previously encountered by this court.’
Footage shows the moment Doyle was detained by police
Doyle’s sentencing hearing was told the 54-year-old was ‘in a rage’ and his ‘anger had completely taken hold of him’
Doyle had travelled to the city centre from his home in Croxteth, Liverpool, to collect friends who had been at the parade.
During his drive into the city he undertook other vehicles and ran a red light.
Footage showed the father-of-three driving down Dale Street, appearing not to slow down despite Liverpool fans filling the roads.
His dashcam footage captured him saying ‘f****** pricks’ as people pulled their children out of the way to prevent him hitting them.
When he reached a line of cars turning right, away from Water Street which was closed to traffic, he paused before swerving into crowds filling the left lane.
People could be seen on the bonnet of his car and falling underneath as Doyle accelerated into the street.
His car was only brought to a stop when fan Dan Barr climbed into the back seat of the automatic vehicle and held the gearstick in park mode.
Doyle, who has previous convictions for violence in the 1990s, continued to try to accelerate but the car, which had people trapped underneath it by this point, was unable to move further.
When interviewed, he said he had seen someone with a knife and drove in panic for fear he would be attacked, but police found no evidence from CCTV or witnesses that anyone in the area had a knife.
No defects were found with the car and Doyle was not under the influence of drink or drugs.
James Allison, from the Crown Prosecution Service Mersey-Cheshire, said: ‘Why did he do it? I think the simple answer is he lost his temper. He went into a rage.
‘He just wanted to get down that road, and in trying to get down that road those next couple of minutes probably devastated a lot of people’s lives.’
Detective Chief Inspector John Fitzgerald said: ‘Doyle’s total disregard for the safety of others-particularly the many young children present on Dale Street and Water Street that day-is beyond comprehension.
‘It is sheer luck that no lives were lost.’