Diana case coroner sends out jury to consider verdict

The coroner leading an inquest into the death of Princess Diana yesterday sent the jury out to consider its verdict on how she and her boyfriend, Dodi Fayed, died in a Paris car crash more than a decade ago.

Lord Justice Scott Baker told the jury to take as long as they need to weigh the evidence from the six-month-long inquest into how Diana and Fayed died in the car accident in a Paris tunnel while being trailed by photographers on August 31, 1997.

More than 240 witnesses have given evidence, including Diana's close friends, Prince Philip's private secretary, a former head of the Secret Intelligence Service and Diana's former butler, Paul Burrell.