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Article: French judge blames Dodi Fayed for fatal Diana crash
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- The Scotsman
- Article date:
- August 25, 1999
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THE judge investigating the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, has
blamed Dodi Fayed for his part in prompting the high-speed chase
through Paris that led to her death.
A quarter of the final report of the examining magistrate, Herve
Stephan, is dedicated to Mr Fayed's "disproportionate reaction" to
press photographers pursuing the couple's car from the Ritz hotel on
the night of the fatal crash.
Mr Fayed died with the princess and Henri Paul, the hotel's deputy
head of security, on 30 August, 1997, after their Mercedes ploughed
into a concrete pillar in an underpass.
In the official inquiry report, the son of the owner of Harrods,
Mohamed al-Fayed, is said to have been determined to shake ...