A two-day hearing for Paul Doyle, who drove into a crowd of fans at Liverpool FC's Premier League victory parade in May, injuring more than 130 people, is under way
Graphic video footage played in court from Doyle's dashcam shows him striking a pram carrying a six-month-old baby
Victim impact statements describe how a 13-year-old boy was trapped under Doyle's car, while a police officer calls it the "worst incident I have ever dealt with" in her 21 years of policing
After the attack, a police officer's body-worn camera captured Doyle saying: "I've just ruined my family's life"
Doyle later told police he acted "in fear of his life" because of how some in the crowd behaved towards him – the prosecution argues he "lost his temper"
The former Royal Marine and 54-year-old father of three pleaded guilty last month to 31 charges, including dangerous driving and attempting to cause grievous bodily harm
Edited by Ian Shoesmith and Emily McGarvey with Mairead Smyth and Jonny Humphries at Liverpool Crown Court
Ian Shoesmith
Live page editor
Judge Andrew Menary KC says Paul Doyle's sentencing hearing will resume at 10:30 GMT on Tuesday at Liverpool Crown Court.
It has been an extraordinary day of evidence, during which we have heard some very graphic and harrowing details of what happened towards the end of the Liverpool FC Premier League victory parade in the city on Bank Holiday Monday 26 May.
This morning we heard the prosecution outline the facts of the case – Doyle has previously admitted all 31 charges against him.
Then, this afternoon, victim impact statements – detailing a wide range of physical and psychological injuries – have been read in court.
Thank you for following our live updates from court throughout the day.
For a summary of today's evidence, please read our latest story.
This live page will return at 10:00 GMT.
Jonny Humphries
Reporting from Liverpool Crown Court
Warning: This update contains graphic medical details.
Ms Aldridge spent 18 days in hospital and suffered a severe condition called Morel-Lavaellee Lesion.
"Twice, doctors had to remove half a litre of blood from a cavity in my leg," she said in her victim impact statement.
"Then came the blisters, leaking daily, turning into an open wound where my skin died and peeled away."
She said her wound looked like a "shark bite" and "smelled so badly I felt ashamed being near people".
"I felt disgusting, disfigured and broken," she said.
Ms Aldridge said her baby Teddy, whose pram was struck by Paul Doyle's car, "hasn’t been in a pushchair since that day".
"My leg will never be the same again. I will never be the same again. I am scarred for life.
"This was supposed to be my maternity leave – a time to bond with my baby and make memories.
"Instead, I’ve been robbed of those moments."
Jonny Humphries
Reporting from Liverpool Crown Court
Next we hear a statement written by Sheree Aldridge.
The 37-year-old's six-month-old son Teddy Eveson was struck and knocked over by Paul Doyle's car.
"We had just celebrated the Liverpool FC victory parade, and my partner Dan was excited to share this moment with our baby son Teddy, his first-born son, who was proudly dressed in his little Liverpool FC shirt.
"In that moment I thought I was going to die. I didn’t know where Dan and Teddy was.
"I felt an overwhelming pain in my leg and looked up to see Teddy’s pushchair on its side further up the road.
"I thought my Teddy was dead. I thought I was next. I thought my children would grow up without a mother."
Jonny Humphries
Reporting from Liverpool Crown Court
Mr Astbury reads the statement of scientist Abbie Chadwick, 29, who was completing her PhD at the University of Liverpool.
She said: "My life is now very different – I have not worked a single day since and can count on one hand the number of times I have been in public on my own.
"Immediately my life stopped, and my world shrunk.
"I was physically injured in multiple places including my hands, wrists, ankle, knee, hip and neck. I am still in pain. I have been unable to restart any physical activity other than walking."
Jonny Humphries
Reporting from Liverpool Crown Court
Mr Astbury next turns to the statement of Simon Nash, 53, who was seen on dashboard camera footage being flung off the bonnet of Doyle's car.
He said: "Physically, the pain was immediate and severe. Breathing and moving were difficult because of the rib fractures."
Mr Nash said he had been with his wife and son at the time of the attack.
"We were separated when I was hit by the car," he said.
"They couldn’t find me immediately after because of all the commotion.
"It wasn’t until two-and-a-half hours later when my wife finally located me at the hospital with a police officer that they knew what had happened to me and I got confirmation they were safe.
"I often replay the moments in my mind – the sound, the shock and fear.
"I feel a loss of confidence and safety in situations that never used to bother me. Every time I see a Ford Galaxy, the incident replays in my mind."
Jonny Humphries
Reporting from Liverpool Crown Court
Mr Astbury reads the statement of student Emily Ashcroft, 20, who went to the parade with four friends.
"Before the incident, my friends and I loved Liverpool, we loved living here.
"But now, especially those who have no other ties to the city, we think about this place so much differently, it has been tainted and that makes me feel really sad."
Ian Shoesmith
Live page editor
The judge has just brought day one of the sentencing hearing to a close – Liverpool Crown Court will reconvene on Tuesday morning.
At the conclusion of the hearing, Paul Doyle will be sentenced for 31 offences – he's been warned to expect a significant custodial sentence.
My colleague Lynette Horsburgh is summing up the day's evidence as we speak – in the meantime we will continue with more of the victim impact statements that have been read in court this afternoon.
Jonny Humphries
Reporting from Liverpool Crown Court
Prosecutor Mr Astbury reads statements from Merseyside Police officers who were on Water Street on the evening of the attack.
Insp Emma Haffenden suffered an elbow injury when she was knocked down by Doyle as he reversed his car.
"When I have thought about it I have become filled with emotion and cried since," she said. "This happens when I see colleagues who were present at the incident.
"I have now developed a fear of vehicles reversing due to what happened to me, and believing I was going to die.
"This is even if I am in public and I see a car reversing. It gives me flashbacks to what had happened on the day.
"I believe that this has been the worst incident I have ever dealt with in 21 years as a police officer."
Sgt Dan Hamilton added: "I remember hearing people screaming and crying.
"I saw a pram with no baby inside and thought the worst, I truly believed people had died. I was trying to make sense of the chaos."
And Sgt Sadie Harker said: "The feeling of helplessness, guilt, anger, and anxiety has been overwhelming."
Jonny Humphries
Reporting from Liverpool Crown Court
Mr Astbury reads a statement from 26-year-old Alan Spain.
He said he loved watching Liverpool FC matches.
Since the attack though, he said: "Every time I watch them, I end up on Water Street.
"Every time I see the Liverpool jersey I was wearing that day, in my wardrobe, I end up on Water Street.
"Every time Liverpool score and I see the fans in the Kop jump and cheer and celebrate, I end up on Water Street.
"Because that’s what the crowd were doing. Everyone was cheering and celebrating, and everyone was in a joyous mood.
"Everyone was there to have fun.
"And that was ruined."
Jonny Humphries
Reporting from Liverpool Crown Court
Haley Davies described how she thought she had lost her son in the attack.
"I encountered one of the worst things a mother could experience," she said in her victim impact statement.
"The relief [when I found him] is like nothing I’ve felt before. I hugged him tightly and was so relieved.
She said she suffered a concussion and has been diagnosed with PTSD.
"I work in a school and the children of the man arrested were in my school," she said.
"Whilst they are not an issue in any way, it meant that I got moved to another school.
"This upset me as I knew all the staff and pupils.
"I had to go and say goodbye whilst I was off sick."
"Why would another human being do that to so many innocent people and children?"
Jonny Humphries
Reporting from Liverpool Crown Court
Prosecutor Mr Astbury now reads a victim impact statement from paramedic James Vernon, 34.
He was working as a cycle response paramedic, and on his way to help a reported heart attack victim, when he was knocked down by Doyle.
"I have never feared for my life until that day," he said.
"I was in the gutter, I thought I was in the middle of a terrorist incident.
"We are trained and well-rehearsed on how to respond to terrorist incidents, but nothing prepares you for the terror that I felt in that split second, the fear was immeasurable."
He said until the aftermath of this incident he had never "heard or seen my dad cry".
"I no longer feel safe in crowds as a member of the public."
Jonny Humphries
Reporting from Liverpool Crown Court
Mr Astbury reads a statement from a woman whose 13-year-old son was trapped under Doyle's vehicle.
She said: "My son was caught underneath the car and suffered an injury to his leg requiring multiple hospital visits and physiotherapy.
"As a previously very active and fit child, he has now missed nearly six months of sport, leaving him physically unfit.
"The trauma of the accident has also affected his mental health severely. He suffers from extreme post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and is currently receiving counselling."
She said her son had also become short-tempered.
The woman's 15-year-old daughter was also injured in the attack, and suffers from anxiety in large crowds.
She said her husband's "mental health is rock bottom".
"This has had a huge impact on the whole family, making him distant from me and the children, and is leading to issues within my marriage," she said.
Jonny Humphries
Reporting from Liverpool Crown Court
Mr Astbury reads the statement of Anna Bilonozhenko, 43, on behalf of herself and her daughter Sasha Bilonozhenko, 22.
They sit listening in the public gallery as the prosecutor speaks.
The family came to the UK from Ukraine in 2024 after escaping the war-torn country.
"The move was extremely difficult – we had to leave behind our home, family and everything familiar," they said.
"At the beginning of 2025 my mum passed away and I thought that spending a day out together might lift our spirits and bring a bit of light back into our lives.
"Since the incident, I’ve suffered from constant physical pain and significant limited mobility in my leg following surgery."
She said the physical injuries had caused long-term mobility issues as well as "extreme stress and anxiety".
"We came to this country because of the war in our homeland, hoping to finally feel safe," she said.
"At first, we did. But now that feeling has been taken away. Realising that is deeply painful – it feels like losing our safety all over again."
She says of her daughter Sasha: "She had to think and act under extreme fear, trying to stay strong and make critical decisions whilst in complete shock.
"Since then, she carries enormous stress and emotional exhaustion.
"She feels she has to stay strong for me, but it has taken a serious toll on her mental health."
Jonny Humphries
Reporting from Liverpool Crown Court
Mr Astbury reads a statement by Jacqueline McClaren, 60, who sustained a serious ankle injury in the attack.
"I am a Hibernian FC fan," she said. "Prior to 26 May I would regularly attend football matches there and at Hibernian Ladies FC as my niece plays for them.
"I have planned to attend these matches on numerous occasions since this incident and I have still not been able to make myself go due to the fear of being in crowded places."
Jeremy Pentecost, 41, a delivery driver, said: "It was scary returning to work, being in and out of main roads, leaning into the van and walking back out into the road, panicking that a car would come out of nowhere and knock me over.
"Work affected my mental health, driving around all day on my own, at first I was seeing bodies flying here there and everywhere, unable to stop thinking about the events of the day."
He added: "I would say that this was the worst experience of my life."
Jonny Humphries
Reporting from Liverpool Crown Court
Mr Astbury next reads a statement from John Davey.
The 31-year-old said: "The collision left me with spinal fractures in three places. Since then, the pain has been relentless, day and night.
"I cannot work, which means I cannot provide for my family. I have three children, and the weight of responsibility has fallen on my partner.
"That has left me feeling ashamed, embarrassed, and broken – because it is not fair that they must suffer for what happened to me."
I cannot see a future without pain, without stress, without anxiety."
John Davey, Survivor of the Liverpool FC parade attack
He said he had been diagnosed with depression.
"I lie awake for hours, haunted by memories of that day."
He described the "devastating" impact on his family.
"The joy of football, the joy of family outings, the joy of living freely – all of it has been taken from me.
"This incident has stolen my independence, my happiness, and my peace of mind.
"It has changed me forever, and it has changed my family’s life forever."
Jonny Humphries
Reporting from Liverpool Crown Court
Mr Astbury has just read a statement from the mother of a 10-year-old girl who had been deeply affected by the 26 May attack.
The woman said that while her daughter had no lasting physical injuries, the mental impact has been significant.
"She has changed in herself, she has been suffering with anxiety, she has become clingy, not wanting to be away from us as she thinks something bad will happen, and she has formed irrational fears such as all of a sudden being petrified of dogs."
The woman said her daughter "hasn’t really spoken about what happened that day, she is a very positive little girl with a sunny disposition, she will always say that she is fine, but this worries me as I find it difficult to know exactly how she is or what she’s thinking."
Jonny Humphries
Reporting from Liverpool Crown Court
Prosecutor Mr Astbury reads the statement of a 16-year-old boy, who described feeling "scared, angry and sad".
The boy said: "I sometimes think that things could have been a lot worse and that frightens me, but equally the incident should never have happened, and that’s why I find it hard to accept and move on with my life.
"This is just not fair to have to cope with all this at my age."
I should have been able to protect my younger sister and my niece."
Amanda Gardener, Older sister of woman injured in Liverpool parade attack
Meanwhile Amanda Gardener, 52, described her feelings of "guilt" after the attack.
"My sister didn’t really want to go [to the Liverpool FC victory parade] but I convinced them it would be a good day," she wrote.
"I then saw my sister go flying into the air.
"We lost our sister last year; I thought I was losing another and thought I was going to have tell her family that she had died."
Jonny Humphries
Reporting from Liverpool Crown Court
One woman, who was at the parade with her 17-year-old son, said: "Before the incident, I was strong willed and independent. Afterwards, I had to rely on family for even the simplest emotional and physical support."
She described the impact on her son as "profound and heartbreaking".
"No child should ever have to witness their parent being hit by a car, let alone be the one who has to pull them out of the road to safety," she said.
"That moment, that responsibility, was far too much for someone his age to bear."
Jonny Humphries
Reporting from Liverpool Crown Court
Mr Greaney says one victim, an 11-year-old boy, suffered a haematoma to his head and abrasions to his knees, left shoulder and back.
Liverpool Crown Court hears he spent four nights in hospital, and his mother has spoken of his "fear, anxiety and sadness and of his nightmares".
Another victim, 61-year-old Robin Darke, suffered a large wound to his right heel, requiring 10 stitches.
He then developed an "extremely serious infection" in the wound, requiring a nine-night admission to hospital and five surgeries.
Mr Darke spent three months in a wheelchair and has described feeling "permanently scarred and disfigured".
Greaney says: "His retirement has been ruined. Robin and his family have been left devastated."
Jonny Humphries
Reporting from Liverpool Crown Court
One 12-year-old boy's statement, read by prosecution lawyer Philip Astbury, read: "I have never felt so scared before in my life.
"I was split up from my mum, I felt lost, confused, didn’t know what was happening to me or why.
"I have developed a fear of crowded places since the incident, I get very anxious when crossing roads and sometimes I freeze, I need my mum to reassure me I am safe.
"I get a fright when I hear a car horn or the revving or noise of a speeding car."
He said his mum had been "very supportive" but added: "I feel really upset when I see my mum crying.
"I don’t understand why the man in the car has done this to me and my mum."
His mother added: "The sight of my son lying motionless on the road, not moving for those few seconds,and the sound of the car hitting people will live with me forever."
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