A 30-year-old man has been charged with four counts of attempted murder after four pedestrians were hit by a car in London’s West End on Christmas Day.
Anthony Gilheaney will appear before Westminster Magistrates’ Court today after being remanded into police custody, Scotland Yard said.
He was also charged with causing serious injury by driving whilst disqualified, driving a motor vehicle dangerously and possession of a bladed article in a public place.
Officers were called at 0.45am on Wednesday after reports of a collision and a car driving on the wrong side of the road on Shaftesbury Avenue.
Four pedestrians were taken to hospital after the incident in the capital’s theatre district, and one of them remained in critical condition in hospital today.
It comes after video showed the moment a car sped down the road before mounting the pavement then reversing at speed.
A man could be heard shouting ‘oh s***’ repeatedly before commenting on the number of people who have been ‘hit’.
Police previously said they believed the suspect was ‘involved in an altercation at a nightclub prior to getting in his car and mounting the pavement’.
They added that it had ‘been confirmed as an isolated incident which is not terror-related’.
