In 2007, French authorities claimed all the file had been “misplaced” simply weeks earlier than the $17million British inquest into Di’s demise opened – a probe that finally concluded the tragic princess and her rumored lover Al Fayed had been unlawfully killed as a consequence of grossly negligent driving by paparazzi and chauffeur Henri Paul, who additionally died within the smash.
Bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones narrowly survived however suffered catastrophic accidents.
Sources informed us the French file on the horror, compiled by 30 cops, consists of hundreds of pages of proof – together with round 200 witness statements, toxicology studies for Paul, beforehand unseen crash-scene pictures and interviews from one of many largest authorized investigations in fashionable French historical past.
Lawyer Jean-Louis Pelletier, who represented paparazzo Fabrice Chassery, mentioned in 2007 when he sought entry to the file he was informed it had vanished.
He added: “After I went in to the court docket to ask to see the recordsdata, I used to be informed they weren’t there. I do know recordsdata go lacking occasionally, however making an allowance for the dimensions and significance of this specific one, it’s extraordinary.”