Suspect in Liverpool car ramming identified and charged by police

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A 53-year-old British antheral who injured astir 80 radical erstwhile his car rammed into a crowd of Liverpool shot fans celebrating their team's Premier League title was charged Thursday with causing grievous bodily harm with intent, a authoritative said.

Paul Doyle was besides charged with unsafe driving and different charges, Prosecutor Sarah Hammond said. Doyle is simply a section businessman and begetter of three, the BBC reported Thursday.

Last week, police said helium was being held connected suspicion of attempted murder, unsafe driving and driving aft taking drugs.

Police said 79 radical were injured, with astatine slightest 50 treated astatine hospitals. They ranged successful property from 9 to 78. Seven radical remained successful the infirmary successful unchangeable condition.

The metropolis had been celebrating Liverpool's record-tying 20th rubric erstwhile the operator turned down a thoroughfare afloat of fans and joyousness rapidly turned to tragedy. Police said they believed Doyle dodged a roadworthy artifact by tailing an ambulance responding to a study of a idiosyncratic successful cardiac arrest.

Eyewitness video showed scenes of fearfulness arsenic the car struck and tossed a idiosyncratic successful the aerial who was draped successful a Liverpool flag. The car past swerved into a oversea of radical packed connected the broadside of the road.

Merseyside Police said the operator was believed to person acted unsocial and they did not fishy terrorism.

One of Doyle's neighbors told the BBC the country was swarmed by constabulary precocious Monday.

"I came retired precocious connected Monday nighttime and there's constabulary everywhere. Looking astir each the houses, truthful I had a thought - ideate if it was him?" the neighbour told the BBC. "I thought it was him but I didn't judge that it was. I spot him each the clip walking up and down with his 2 sons and his dog. He's conscionable a mean person."