Jury Rules Diana, Fayed Unlawfully Killed
Posted in Dirty News, London | April 7th, 2008
Ruling Targets Driver, Paparazzi In Crash
LONDON — A coroner’s jury has ruled that Princess Diana and boyfriend Dodi Fayed were unlawfully killed through the reckless actions of their driver and the paparazzi in 1997.
The jury had been told that a verdict of unlawful killing would mean that they believed the reckless behavior amounted to manslaughter.
It was the most serious verdict available to them Monday.
The couple died when their speeding car slammed into a concrete pillar in Paris while it was being chased by photographers in cars and on motorbikes.
The majority verdict brings to a closed the six-month inquest, which heard testimony from more than 240 witnesses.
According to the UK paper The Guardian, the ruling is significantly different from a two-year French investigation and a three-year inquiry by former Metropolitan police commissioner Lord Stevens — both concluded that the blame rested squarely with Paul because of gross negligence.
