Paparazzis acquitted of Diana car crash case

The three men, whose photographs were confiscated and not published, were among a swarm of photographers who either pursued the car carrying Diana and her boyfriend across Paris on 31 August 1997 or took photos after it crashed into the pillar of a traffic tunnel.

Jacques Langevin, with Sygma/Corbis at the time, Christian Martinez of the Angeli agency, and free-lancer Fabrice Chassery had risked a maximum of one year in prison and $53,000 fines. The prosecutor had asked for suspended prison sentences.

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But the Paris court ruled that a crashed vehicle on a public highway is not a private area. The court also said Diana and Dodi Fayed knew they would be photographed when leaving Paris' Ritz Hotel by car.