Diana paparazzi acquitted

Three photographers who snapped pictures of Diana, Princess of Wales, and Dodi Fayed at the site of their fatal crash were acquitted yesterday of invading the couple’s privacy.

Jacques Langevin, 50, with Sygma/Corbis at the time, Christian Martinez, 49, of the Angeli agency, and free-lancer Fabrice Chassery, 36, had risked a maximum of one year in prison and £31,000 fines. The prosecutor had asked for suspended prison sentences.

But the Paris court ruled that a crashed vehicle on a public highway is not a private area. The court also said Diana and Dodi Fayed knew they would be photographed when leaving Paris’ Ritz Hotel by car.