A former Royal Marine commando who ‘used his car as a weapon’ to mow down fans at Liverpool FC’s victory parade today sobbed in court after it emerged he had been charged with 24 new offences, including two relating to two babies who were injured in the alleged attack.

Paul Doyle, 53, sobbed and wiped his eyes as he appeared at Liverpool Crown Court via video-link from prison, where he is being held in custody.

He was previously accused of seven charges, including one of dangerous driving and six other GBH-related offences, including two of causing GBH with intent, two of wounding with intent and two of attempted GBH. 

Those charges relate to six alleged victims, including four adults – two men and two women – and two children aged 17 and 11.

But today he was charged with a further 24 GBH-related offences relating to another 23 people, who were injured when he allegedly drove a Ford Galaxy Titanium into supporters as they made their way home from the Red’s title-winning celebrations on May 26 this year. 

The court heard the children were aged between six months and 17 years, and include two baby boys aged six months and seven months.

The maximum sentence Doyle could face is life imprisonment. 

Doyle, a former company director, is expected to enter a plea when the case returns to court in September.

Paul Doyle, 53, was charged over the ‘horrific’ carnage at Liverpool’s Premier League victory parade on May 26

Pictured: The man who was driving the car in Liverpool

Doyle now faces 31 charges in total, including one of dangerous driving, one of affray and another 29 GBH-related offences, involving 29 victims, aged between six months and 77 years.

The eight children allegedly injured include two baby boys, aged six months and seven months, one girl aged 10, and another five boys, one aged 11, one aged 12, another aged 13 and two aged 17.

Doyle, of Croxteth, Liverpool, was charged in May with two counts of wounding with intent, two counts of causing grievous bodily harm with intent, two counts of attempted grievous bodily harm with intent and one count of dangerous driving.

At an earlier hearing, Philip Astbury, prosecuting, said Doyle had ‘deliberately’ ploughed into crowds who were making their way home up Water Street, moments after watching the Liverpool football team parade the Premier League trophy in front of the Royal Liver Building, along the city’s famous waterfront, around 6pm.

He said: ‘This defendant drove deliberately at people amongst that crowd as they tried to leave the area. The first count of dangerous driving reflects the manner of driving before and up until he used his vehicle deliberately as a weapon to injure those individuals.’

Doyle is being held in custody for his own protection. A trial date has been set for November.

Some 134 people were hurt when Doyle, of West Derby, allegedly tailgated an ambulance responding to a suspected heart attack victim through a roadblock and ploughed into crowds.

Shocking mobile phone footage showed supporters banging on the windows and doors of the Ford Galaxy before it smashed into supporters, catapulting several over the bonnet and trapping others under its wheels. 

The former Royal Marine commando (pictured) allegedly ‘used his car as a weapon’ to mow down fans at Premier League title winner’s celebration 

Detectives quickly ruled out terrorism as a motive and went public with some details of the suspect to head of misinformation swirling on social media within hours of the incident.

It is understood Doyle, a keen runner, passed out of the Royal Marine Commando Training Centre, also known as CTCRM, in 1991 and served with 43 Commando, the unit based in Arbroath, Scotland, that help secure the UK’s nuclear deterrent.

After leaving the forces, he went on to read psychology and maths at a Russell Group university before moving into cyber security roles.

A close friend previously told the Mail that Doyle was not a football fan and had simply been dropping off a friend in the city centre as a favour when the incident occurred.

‘He is a nice lad,’ the friend said. ‘He has a heart of gold.’