Scene at Diana's car crash in Paris in August 1997. A Paris court cleared 3 photographers who took pictures of Princess Diana and her boyfriend Dodi Al Fayed on the night of their fatal car crash. Photo by AFP
A Paris court acquitted three press photographers who were alleged with breaching privacy laws when taking pictures of Princess Diana and her boyfriend Dodi Al Fayed on the night of their fatal car crash six years ago.The court decided that Diana and Dodi knew that they would be photographed as they left the Ritz hotel in the run-up to the accident. Were they found guilty Jacques Langevin, Christian Martinez and Fabrice Chassery had faced a maximum penalty of a year in prison and a fine of 45,000 euros.