The 53-year-old man arrested by police over the Liverpool parade ramming has today been charged with seven offences including multiple counts of grievous bodily harm.

Paul Doyle, from West Derby on Merseyside, has been charged with one count of dangerous driving alongside two counts each of causing GBH with intent, wounding with intent to cause GBH and attempting to cause GBH with intent.

The former Royal Marine commando is married with three teenage children and lives in a smart £300,000, four-bedroomed detached property on a neat estate.

He has been remanded in custody and will appear at Liverpool Magistrates' Court tomorrow.

Mr Doyle was arrested after a Ford Galaxy people carrier ploughed through a crowd of fans in the city centre, leaving some 79 people injured, with 50 needing hospital treatment.