A man has appeared in court charged in connection with a crash that killed four people.

James Diggle, 27, of Alundale Road in West Derby, Liverpool, faces four counts of aiding and abetting causing death by dangerous driving.

The charge follows the deaths of four men, Jack Diggle, 23, Benjamin Dooley, 23, Andrew Roberts, 24, and Craig Shackleton-Brady, 26, who were killed when the black Seat Cupra Formentor they were travelling in hit a lamp-post on Liverpool Road in Huyton, just before 02:00 BST on 24 July.

Diggle did not enter a plea and was remanded into custody and will appear at Liverpool Crown Court on 7 September.