London: The conspiracy theories
surrounding Princess Diana`s death in a Paris car crash have
resurfaced, with a top British defence lawyer claiming she was
murdered after attempts to frighten her into dumping boyfriend
Dodi al-Fayed failed.
According to Michael Mansfield, the Princess of Wales`
and Dodi`s deaths in the fatal car crash in the Alma Tunnel in
Paris in 1997 were the result of a carefully orchestrated plot
to "end their relationship violently".
"I think there was a plan, and the plan was to disrupt
and terminate the relationship between Diana and Dodi and that
was going to be achieved - because things were escalating very
fast in August of that year - by some kind of incident which
would be violent.
"I don`t personally believe they wanted them dead but
they wanted to end the relationship by a serious accident and
in that case they still can be prosecuted for murder as there
was an intent of at least really serious harm," Mansfield was
quoted by the `Daily Express` as saying.
However, Mansfield, who has examined the case in fine
detail, said that those who carried out the plot remained the
"unknown quantity".
A jury concluded Diana had been unlawfully killed
in April 2008 after a six-month inquest at the Royal Courts of
Justice, and blamed the grossly negligent driving of chauffeur
Henri Paul and chasing paparazzi photographers.
PTI