A man accused of deliberately driving into a crowd of fans at Liverpool's Premier League victory parade has been charged with 24 new offences, including attempted grievous bodily harm against two babies.
Paul Doyle, 53, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court over video-link from prison and became tearful as he was asked to confirm his identity.
He was due to enter pleas to the seven counts he originally faced over the incident in May, but the court heard prosecutors had introduced 24 new counts to the indictment.
Mr Doyle, of West Derby in Liverpool, was not asked to enter pleas to any charges after his barrister Simon Csoka KC asked for more time to consider the new counts.
A number of family members of those injured in the attack watched the hearing from the public gallery.
Mr Doyle, who appeared on the video link in a plain grey T-shirt sitting at a desk with a pair of glasses, notepads and several books in front of him, wiped his eyes throughout proceedings.
Judge Andrew Menary KC told Mr Csoka he was willing to give the defence more time before asking for pleas.
"These are serious matters and they are not uncomplicated, and there are practical difficulties in accessing the defendant," he said.
The hearing was adjourned until 4 September.
At a previous hearing prosecutors said their case was that Mr Doyle, of Burghill Road in West Derby, had used the car "as a weapon".
During that hearing, junior counsel Philip Astbury said it was the prosecution's case that Mr Doyle "drove deliberately in that car at people amongst that crowd as they tried to leave the area".
"Six charges of assault reflect the most seriously injured of those who were struck by the vehicle," he said.
"The first count of dangerous driving reflects the manner of driving before and up until the point he used his vehicle deliberately as a weapon to injure those individuals."
He was originally charged with one count of dangerous driving between his home and Water Street, four counts of GBH with intent, one of attempting to cause GBH with intent, and one of wounding with intent to cause GBH.
