Driver who hit Liverpool parade said to have had history of explosive violence

Paul Doyle being taken to a custody suite after his arrest. Photograph: Merseyside police/PA Media

The sound was sickening: a thud, thud, thud as bodies bounced violently off the bumper. Inside Paul Doyle’s two-tonne vehicle, the scene was perhaps even more shocking.

Dashcam footage played in court this week showed the former Royal Marine screaming angrily as he ploughed into Liverpool FC supporters: “Get out the fucking way! Get out the way! Move, move, move!”