Doyle injured some 134 people in the chaos (Picture: PA)
Doyle kept trying to rev the engine as Barr held the gearstick in park mode.
‘He had no chance,he wasn’t going to move my arm,’ Barr said. ‘No way,he could try to chop it off or whatever. I remember that much.’
While holding the gear stick in place,he reached forward with his other hand and pressed Doyle’s seatbelt buckle.
‘As soon as I pressed that,he was gone,’ he said. ‘The crowd were trying to get him out,from what I remember,the windows were getting smashed,everybody was trying to get in,rightfully so.’
After leaving the car,Barr carried on making his way up the road and later met his brother,who had also been in the city for the parade.
‘I imagine I told him at a million miles an hour,something roughly that made sense,and then went for a pint,’ he said.
Barr’s actions have been praised by police and prosecutors.
Senior investigating officer Detective Chief Inspector John Fitzgerald said: ‘There is no doubt in my mind that Doyle would have continued to drive and cause further injuries had Dan not acted with such bravery.’
Some 276 pieces of footage were watched but in the end,the most significant piece of evidence was Doyle’s own dashcam.
It was described as ‘the most graphic and distressing footage’ police have ever encountered,while the Crown Prosecution Service dubbed it an ‘act of calculated violence’.
Jailing Doyle today,Judge Andrew Menary KC told him: ‘The footage is truly shocking. It is difficult,if not impossible,to convey in words alone the scene of devastation you caused. It shows you quite deliberately accelerating into groups of fans time and time again.
The judge said Doyle’s rampage was ‘not a result of momentary recklessness or a panicked reaction’.
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