While driving through the crowd, Paul Doyle can be heard saying in dashcam footage shown in court "f***ing p*****".

11:39, Mon, Dec 15, 2025 Updated: 11:44, Mon, Dec 15, 2025

A police officer at the scene of the Liverpool FC parade incident

A police officer at the scene of the Liverpool FC parade incident (Image: Getty Images)

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People in the public gallery at Liverpool Crown Court where the Paul Doyle sentencing hearing is undergoing were left in tears and audibly gasped after "truly shocking" dashcam footage was shown. Paul Doyle was “starting to lose his temper” as he encountered a number of people walking in the road after the end of the Liverpool FC celebrations.

Paul Greaney KC said: “As the defendant drove through a red light at the junction with Stanley Street, one pedestrian, with his arms outstretched above his head, can be heard to say, “run me over – go ahead you”, and someone banged on the vehicle.

“But that is hardly surprising given the defendant’s attempts to force his way down the road. As he became more and more frustrated, the defendant increased the speed of the Galaxy.”

As Doyle “persisted” through the crowd, he “continued to cause concern to pedestrians in the road”, with dashcam images showing a man, who was walking with a child, place his foot on the bumper of the car to “protect” the youngster.
Doyle can be heard on dashcam footage shouting: “It’s a f****** road”. 

Mr Greaney said: “The prosecution case is that Paul Doyle was starting to lose his temper at this stage, even if he had not already lost it.

“He was right it was a road. That much is obvious, but he was confronted with fans who had been celebrating the achievements of Liverpool FC and were making their way home. They were doing nothing wrong.

“The defendant was the one driving a 1.9-tonne vehicle. He was the one who needed to take care and who had a responsibility to the pedestrians ahead of him.”