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31.08.2022 - 12:01 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Princess Diana's fatal Paris car crash was not an accident and there were "still many unanswered questions surrounding her death", according to reports.
Legal expert Michael Mansfield told the Mirror that the drivers of a mystery car and a motorbike which were also seen in the tunnel where she crashed have still never been found.
It's been 25 years since the fateful night which saw Diana killed in the horror smash along with boyfriend Dodi Fayed.
The QC insisted the inquest into Diana Fayed’s deaths could still be reopened if new information came to light, citing the Hillsborough disaster as an example.
The 80-year-old, who represented Dodi’s dad Mohammed Al-Fayed at the hearing, gave the Mirror an insight into the jury’s unlawful killing verdict, which he said has been lost over the years.
Barrister Mr Mansfield said he believed the truth would out eventually.
He added: “The idea that it’s purely and simply a road accident is not right.
“So I want to dispel that. The truth does come to the surface in the end, but somebody’s got to be looking for it in order for that to happen.
“I do think that this is not a ‘case closed’ by any means.
“There’s much more to come out of this case in the long run, and it will surface somewhere.”
Speaking about the result of the inquest in April 2008, Mr Mansfield said: “When you ask people what was the jury’s verdict, they either don’t know or they say it was an accident.
“But accident was not the verdict.
“That is what the police and others would like to be remembered.
“The coroner drafted five options for the jury… the first was unlawful killing originally related to the grossly negligent driving of the paparazzi.
“We submitted that this did not arise on the evidence because the British police
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