Posted on 04/07/2008 8:46:47 AM PDT by Aristotelian
Princess Diana was unlawfully killed due to the actions of driver Henri Paul and the paparazzi, an inquest jury has found.
The jury reached the same verdict for her companion Dodi Al Fayed.
The inquest investigating the 1997 Paris crash that killed her and Dodi lasted six months.
The jury had to decide if the deaths had been an accident, unlawful killing by negligence, or unexplained. They could not find they had been murdered.
Coroner Lord Justice Scott told the jurors they could not find the crash was an "unlawful killing by the Duke of Edinburgh or anyone else in a staged accident".
Lord Justice Scott Baker had given the jury five verdict options, which included unlawful killing by grossly negligent driving of the paparazzi in pursuing vehicles - a level of negligence he said would amount to manslaughter.
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That makes some sense, too. I wonder if France has speed limits.
The bodyguard, you’ll remember, was wearing a seat belt, and he survived.
Actually, you could say, in a way, that her legion of fans/worshipers are somewhat culpable in their idol's death. Had they not hungered for news/images of her every minute, the paparazzi might not have hounded her so much.
That’s a very valid observation.
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