Victims of Liverpool parade named for first time - Liverpool Echo

Victims of Liverpool parade named for first timeThe complainants include an 18-year-old man and two women aged 66 and 77NewsAdam Everett Crown Court Reporter16:30, 03 Jun 2025Emergency

services at the scene on Water Street(Image: Iain Watts) Two men and two women who were injured during Liverpool FC’s Premier League victory parade have been named after a judge lifted

reporting restrictions concerning their identities.

A total of 109 pedestrians, ranging from children aged as young as nine to a 78-year-old, were injured when a car was driven into crowds of fans during last week’s Premier League title

celebrations in Liverpool city centre.

‌ Fifty of these required hospital treatment after being struck by a Ford Galaxy on Water Street shortly after 6pm on Monday, May 26. Four remained as inpatients as of yesterday evening,

Monday.

‌ Paul Doyle, of Burghill Road in West Derby, has since been charged with a series of alleged offences in relation to the incident.

He has been accused of two counts of wounding with intent, two charges of inflicting grievous bodily harm, two of attempting to inflict grievous bodily harm and dangerous driving.

The 53-year-old appeared before both Liverpool Magistrates’ Court and Liverpool Crown Court on Friday in order to face these charges.

Article continues below His case was brought back before the latter court this afternoon, Tuesday, for the Honorary Recorder of Liverpool Judge Andrew Menary KC to consider lifting reporting

restrictions which had been imposed on the identities of the six complainants.

Doyle was not present during the hearing, either in the dock or via video link, having been excused from attending on the last occasion.

Restrictions preventing the media from reporting the names of the casualties, their addresses, places of work, schools, pictures or any other information which could lead to their identities

being revealed were imposed by District Judge Paul Healey in the magistrates’ court last week.

‌ An order under Section 45 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999, which protects the identity of the two boys, aged 11 and 17, who were named as complainants, has not been

challenged by the media and will remain in place indefinitely.

However, reporting restrictions under Section 46 of the same act, which prevented the four adult casualties from being identified, were opposed.

And Judge Menary ruled the reporting restrictions should be lifted after hearing submissions from Philip Astbury, prosecuting, and Gavin Millar KC, who was instructed to make representations

on behalf of the BBC, ITN, Sky, Associated Newspapers Ltd, Guardian News and Media, and the Telegraph Media Group.

Article continues below The four complainants in question can therefore be named as 18-year-old Ethan Gillard, 52-year-old Simon Nash, 66-year-old Christine Seeckts and 77-year-old Susan

Passey.

Doyle is due to face a three to four week trial before the same court on November 24 this year.

He has been remanded into custody ahead of a plea and trial preparation hearing on August 14.