Former marine pleads guilty to driving into crowd of Liverpool fans

A former marine who mowed down Liverpool football fans during a victory parade in the UK has shocked a court by changing his plea. His defence was expected to argue that he panicked in the moment, but his own dashcam proved otherwise.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:05):
A former marine who mowed down Liverpool football fans during
a victory parade in the UK, has shocked a court
by changing his plea. His defense was expected to argue
that he panicked in the moment, but his own dash
cam proved otherwise.

Speaker 2 (00:20):
Oh my god. Paul Doyle never denied he was the
driver who turned a day of celebration into mayhem. Oh
no Liverpool football fans and a victory parade in may
thrown over the bonnet and caught under his car. The
former marine did, however, deny his actions were criminal until today,
a shock plea change to guilty just as his trial

(00:43):
was about to begin.

Speaker 3 (00:44):
Dutch comfortage from Doyle's vehicle showed that he became increasingly
agitated by the crowds. Rather than wait for them to pass,
he deliberately drove at them.

Speaker 2 (00:54):
His defense was expected to be that he panicked faced
with rowdy crowds, but this was no momentary lapse. He
injured one hundred and thirty four people, seen as sheer luck.
No one was killed.

Speaker 4 (01:06):
It was discarious thing, it's ever Hartman?

Speaker 1 (01:08):
To me?

Speaker 4 (01:09):
I'm sure as well, Discarius and who's ever Hartman? The
same people that have.

Speaker 2 (01:13):
Thought it a fact that the father of three sobbed
as the judge warned he can expect a lengthy jail
term for the thirty one chargers, including causing grievous bodily
harm with intent. He is to be sentenced next month
in London, Jacqueline Robson's Seven News