The Liverpool Echo reported Thursday, citing Merseyside Police, that the 53-year-old man, who was accused of deliberately crashing his car into a crowd of fans during Liverpool's 2024/25 Premier League title parade has denied all 31 charges against him.

According to the report, the suspect, Paul Doyle, appeared via video link from prison at a preliminary hearing at Liverpool Crown Court.

The hearing was originally scheduled for August 25th, but due to the receipt of 24 new charges, police agreed to postpone it to allow Doyle more time to process and answer questions.

Dressed in a gray shirt and glasses, he pleaded not guilty to each charge, weeping several times and shaking his head in denial.

Among the 31 charges he faces, Doyle is charged with one count of dangerous driving, one count of affray, 18 counts of causing grievous bodily harm with intent, seven counts of causing grievous bodily harm with intent, and two counts of wounding with intent.

As Doyle maintains his not guilty plea, Judge Andrew Menary, the Honourable Recorder of Liverpool Crown Court, has set a pre-trial hearing review for October 27th, with the first trial of the case to begin on November 25th.

It is worth noting that the Crown Court had previously issued a protection order for the children injured in the incident, preventing the media and the public from reporting on or identifying them. However, this ban has now been lifted as the case enters the review phase.

The most seriously injured was a six-month-old boy, Teddy Everson.

How it happened

Liverpool held a celebration parade in Liverpool city center on May 26 after the club won the Premier League title in the 2024/25 season.

Since this was the first time that the Reds held a parade after winning the league title in 35 years, it attracted hundreds of millions of fans in red clothes to take to the streets to celebrate that day. Unexpectedly, this day that was originally a festive day became a regrettable day.

The horrific incident occurred at around 6 p.m. local time on May 26. The police initially revealed that the man involved was a 53-year-old white man living in Liverpool. The suspect has now been confirmed to be Doyle.

As the Liverpool trophy parade was coming to an end, Doyle followed an ambulance on patrol on Water Street in the city center, and suddenly crashed his dark blue Ford Galaxy into the Liverpool fans who were celebrating around the street for no reason.

During the process, more than 27 fans were hit by him, and several fans were hit and stucked under the car. Among the victims, 4 were children, and one of the 4 children was seriously injured and had to be sent to the intensive care unit of Alder Hey Children's Hospital.

Subsequently, nearly more than 10 adult fans who were at the scene also spontaneously went to the hospital for outpatient treatment, bringing the total number of Liverpool fans affected in this incident to 50. Fortunately, the incident did not cause any deaths.

In addition to the 50 fans mentioned above,  paramedic who was riding a bicycle to rescue injured fans at the scene was also hit because he could not dodge in time.

After receiving the report from Liverpool fans, the police quickly dispatched and arrived at the scene within 4 minutes. When the authorities arrived at the scene, many Liverpool fans had spontaneously helped the medical staff of the emergency unit to help the injured fans get on the ambulance, and several stronger fans, regardless of their own safety, spontaneously blocked the car of the suspect and tried to stop Doyle.

For this, the police were very grateful to the fans for their courageous behavior and hoped that these fans would not be hurt.

About half an hour later, Doyle was arrested by the police and an investigation was launched into his motives for committing the crime.