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22/01/2008
Princess Inquest Hears Doubts Over Driver's Blood Samples
Doubts over blood samples from the man who drove the car in which Diana, Princess of Wales, was killed, point to either "conspiracy or cock-up", a toxicologist has told her inquest.
Professor Robert Forrest said "biologically inexplicable" levels of carbon monoxide in Henri Paul's blood were "analytical error or a mystery".
Had the Paris Ritz security chief been exposed to the levels of the gas the tests suggested, he ought to have been visibly ill, Prof Forrest told the court.
The inquest also heard how the tests found that Mr Paul was almost three times over the French drink-drive limit.
Prof Forrest said: "Both of these results lead one clearly to the conclusion that the concentration of alcohol in the sample is in the order of twice the concentration of alcohol in blood permitted to drivers in the UK."
Richard Keen, QC for Mr Paul's family, claimed the blood samples tested for alcohol had not been checked against Mr Paul's profile.
The inquest is more than three months into hearing the evidence about the deaths of Diana and her lover, Dodi Fayed.
(CD)
Professor Robert Forrest said "biologically inexplicable" levels of carbon monoxide in Henri Paul's blood were "analytical error or a mystery".
Had the Paris Ritz security chief been exposed to the levels of the gas the tests suggested, he ought to have been visibly ill, Prof Forrest told the court.
The inquest also heard how the tests found that Mr Paul was almost three times over the French drink-drive limit.
Prof Forrest said: "Both of these results lead one clearly to the conclusion that the concentration of alcohol in the sample is in the order of twice the concentration of alcohol in blood permitted to drivers in the UK."
Richard Keen, QC for Mr Paul's family, claimed the blood samples tested for alcohol had not been checked against Mr Paul's profile.
The inquest is more than three months into hearing the evidence about the deaths of Diana and her lover, Dodi Fayed.
(CD)
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