Paul Doyle, 53, from Burghill Road in West Derby, was arrested on Monday, when a car ploughed into fans attending Liverpool’s Premier League victory celebration, Merseyside Police confirmed. He will appear at Liverpool Magistrates’ Court on Friday morning.

A nine-year-old was among those injured when the car Mr Doyle is alleged to have been driving crashed into supporters at 18:00 BST on Water Street.

The local businessman faces multiple counts of causing, and attempting to cause unlawful and malicious grievous bodily harm with intent as well as one of dangerous driving and two counts of unlawful and malicious wounding with intent.

Assistant Chief Constable Jenny Sims, of Merseyside Police, told a news conference seven people remain in hospital after the incident.

The BBC has spoken to the suspect’s neighbours, who said they were shocked and in “disbelief”.

They said that Burghill Road was swarming with police in the hours after the crash.

One said: “I came out late on Monday night and there’s police everywhere. Looking around all the houses, so I had a thought – imagine if it was him?”

Assistant Chief Constable Jenny Sims said detectives were reviewing a “huge volume” of CCTV and mobile phone footage.

Sarah Hammond, Chief Crown Prosecutor for Crown Prosecution Service in the Mersey-Cheshire region, said this included footage from CCTV, mobile phones, businesses and dashcams, along with witness statements.

She said the charges “will be kept under review” while the investigation progresses.

“It is important to ensure every victim gets the justice they deserve,” she added.

Mr Doyle has been charged with seven offences, which can be broken down into four groups.

The first includes two counts of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm (GBH) – one of these is an alleged offence against one child.

The second is two counts of causing unlawful and malicious GBH with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.

According to the Sentencing Council, it relates to the nature of the injury allegedly caused.

GBH does not require an open wound to have been suffered. Wounding requires the victim’s skin to have been broken.

Mr Doyle also faces two charges of attempted unlawful and malicious GBH with intent to cause GBH, and again one of these alleged offences relates to a child.

The final count is dangerous driving.

Police confirmed the ages of those injured in the incident ranged from nine to 78.

Assistant Chief Constable Sims, said she understood many have questions about the incident, and detectives were “working tirelessly, with diligence and professionalism, to seek the answer to all of those questions”.

“When we are able to, we will provide further information,” she added.

Merseyside Police say a Ford Galaxy avoided a roadblock by tailgating an ambulance responding to reports of a member of the public having suffered a heart attack.

The force say the man, 53 and from the city’s West Derby area, was also being detained on suspicion of dangerous driving and driving while unfit through drugs.

Fifty people, including children, were treated in hospital following the incident in Water Street, which happened shortly after 18:00 on Bank Holiday Monday.

Det Ch Supt Karen Jaundrill said there were 65 confirmed casualties following the incident.

Of the injured, police say, 11 remained in hospital.

All are said to be in a “stable” condition.

Merseyside’s Assistant Chief Constable Jenny Sims said: “It is believed the driver of the Ford Galaxy car involved in this incident was able to follow an ambulance on to Water Street, after the roadblock was temporarily lifted so that the ambulance crew could attend to a member of the public who was having a suspected heart attack.”

She added: “There was no intelligence to suggest an incident of this nature would take place and, as we previously stated, the incident is not being treated as terrorism.”

The senior officer defended the policing operation during the parade, which attracted hundreds of thousands of people to the city.

She told reporters that the force had planned for “all contingencies”, including road closures and an armed police presence.

Assistant Chief Constable Sims said an “extensive investigation into the precise circumstances of the incident” was continuing, and she once again urged people not to speculate about what had happened.

The force has asked anyone with information about the incident to refrain from sharing it online and instead pass it on to police.

Earlier, Liverpool City Region mayor Steve Rotheram suggested the suspect’s car should not have been on Water Street and said questions about how it could have been driven there were “legitimate”.

Water Street remains closed while investigations continue into the incident.

A police cordon remains in place, while members of the public have begun to lay flowers, cards and toys near the crash scene.

Huge numbers of joyful Liverpool fans packed the city centre on Monday and lined the 10-mile (16km) parade route as the Reds celebrated winning their second Premier League crown and 20th top-flight league title.

Witnesses graphically described the terror of what happened after the Ford Galaxy smashed into a tightly packed section of the crowd that had gathered on the pavement outside a bar.

Some feared it was a terrorist attack.

Robbie Potter, who was severely injured in the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing, was on Water Street.

“I thought it was happening again,” he told the BBC. “How did a car get through?

“From the videos, they’ve been very lucky.”

Daniel Eveson’s partner was dragged under the car’s wheels and his baby son’s pram was tossed down the street.

For a moment, he said he did not know if they had survived.

Mr Eveson, from Telford, told BBC Radio Shropshire he had seen “people going flying and people screaming and just terror, pure terror”, adding: “I thought I’d lost everything.”

The car struck Mr Eveson in the chest before his partner went under the wheels and was dragged down the road.

The impact spun their son’s pram about 15ft (4.5m) down the street.

Mr Eveson was able to locate his son, who was unharmed, and leave him in a restaurant with helpers as he went back to search for his partner.

Jack Trotter and his girlfriend Abbie Gallagher, from Newtownards in County Down, were hit by the car after it surged towards them.

“The first thought that I got was: ‘Where’s Abbie? I need to find Abbie’,” the Liverpool fan from Northern Ireland told the BBC.

“Where’s Abbie? You know she could be anywhere at this rate and lucky enough she was screaming my name and I found her.”

Mr Trotter was taken to hospital by ambulance and kept in overnight.

He sustained injuries to his back and leg and is now walking with crutches.

‘Shocked and saddened’

Messages of support have been sent to the people of Liverpool, including from King Charles III who said: “I know that the strength of community spirit for which your city is renowned will be a comfort and support to those in need.”

The Prince and Princess of Wales also said they were “deeply saddened” by the incident, adding: “What should have been a joyful celebration ended with tragedy.”

The Princess Royal visited the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, where medical staff spoke of how they were “very, very fortunate” that more people had not been injured.

Reds legend and former captain Steven Gerrard posted on Instagram that he was “shocked, sickened and saddened” over the incident.

Meanwhile former Liverpool FC manager Jürgen Klopp wrote that his “thoughts and prayers are with all those who are injured and affected”.

“You’ll never walk alone,” the statement concluded, referencing the club’s famous terrace anthem.

This is after nine months of intensive and vigorous training which spanned 36 weeks, involving 13 weeks of attachment and fieldwork, followed by 23 weeks of intensive training at FATS in Accra.

The graduating officers who were taking through Leadership and Management Principles of Officership, Mess Ethics, Organizational Behaviour, Corporate Image Development, Public Speaking and Media Relations, Operational and Fire and Rescue courses were charged to exhibit the highest sense of professionalism, responsibility, loyalty and dedication to duty and the service at all times.

Of this cohort, 188 Officer Cadets joined directly, while 151 are existing Serving Officers who met the prerequisites for promotion and the training.

The Intake XXIII Officer Cadets were Commissioned as Assistant Divisional Officer Grade II (ADO II) to mark the completion of their Training Programme with a well attended and colourful parade held on the Addisu Square at James Town in Accra.

The parade was inspected by Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia.

The Police Command arrested a number of suspected criminals within the past few days on suspicion for their involvement in various crimes perpetrated in the metropolis and other parts of the region.

As part of investigations, the command today paraded the suspected criminals for identification to afford victims of robberies and other violent crimes an opportunity to identify their assailants for prosecution.

Public Relations Officer of the Ashanti Regional Police Command, ASP Juliana Obeng speaking to the media said the fight against crime is not just for the police service.

“Ghanaians should have a role to play when it comes to crime fighting in this country” she said.