Diana death crash paparazzi cleared again

A Paris appeals court today upheld the acquittals of three photographers accused of invasion of privacy after they took pictures of Diana, Princess of Wales, and Dodi Fayed at the scene of their deadly crash.

Jacques Langevin, Christian Martinez and Fabrice Chassery were first acquitted last November.

Fayed’s father, Egyptian-born billionaire Mohammed Al Fayed, filed an appeal, which was rejected by the Paris court today.

Diana’s relatives and the British royal family were not plaintiffs in the case.

The three men, whose photos were confiscated and not published, were among the swarm of photographers who pursued the car carrying Diana and her boyfriend across Paris on August 31, 1997, and took photos after it slammed into the pillar of a traffic tunnel.

A five year investigation into the crash concluded that chauffeur Henri Paul, who was also killed, had been drinking and was speeding.