Compensation for Al Fayed over Diana delay.Summary: Harrods boss wins compensation after French authorities criticised over the investigation into the death of Diana and Dodi. Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed says he is "delighted" after French authorities were criticised over the investigation into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales On 31 August 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales was killed in a car crash in a limousine in the Pont de l'Alma road tunnel in Paris, France, along with her companion Dodi Fayed, and their driver Henri Paul. Fayed's bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones was the only car occupant to survive the accident. , and his son Dodi. Judges at one of France's highest civil courts ordered the French state to pay Mr Al Fayed, whose son died alongside the Princess in a Paris car crash in August 1997, almost 5,000 pounds in compensation for the delays. There were problems in establishing that Henri Paul Henri Paul (July 3, 1956–August 31, 1997) was the French Deputy Head of Security at the Hôtel Ritz Paris and was driving at the time of the car accident that killed him along with Diana, Princess of Wales, and her companion Dodi Fayed. , the couple's driver, was drunk at the time of the accident and a mix-up with his post mortem [Latin, After death.] Pertaining to matters occurring after death. A term generally applied to an autopsy or examination of a corpse in order to ascertain the cause of death or to the inquisition for that purpose by the Coroner . examination, and especially with his blood tests, created "unnecessary delays in the investigation", the judges said in a ruling on Wednesday. Mr Al Fayed said: "I am delighted that the French court has recognised that I have been denied justice. "The two pathologists
tr.v. con·demned, con·demn·ing, con·demns 1. To express strong disapproval of: condemned the needless waste of food. 2. for mixing up the blood samples and slowing down the investigation. It supports my view that there was a cover up by the French and an attempt to conceal conceal, v to hide; secrete; withhold from the knowledge of others. the truth." He also repeated his belief that the inquiry should have been treated as a murder investigation. Independent Television News Limited 2009. All rights reserved. Independent Television News Limited 2009. All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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