The coroner at the inquest into the deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales and Dodi Fayed has announced that he has no plans to refer the alleged perjury case involving Paul Burrell to police.
The news follows weeks of speculation that Diana's
former butler might be investigated by police and could even face a prison sentence after an undercover video
emerged in The Sun newspaper
in which Burrell was seen to admit that he hadn't told the "whole truth"
during his two-and-a-half day appearance at the High Court inquest in
January.
Lord Justice Scott Baker's declaration that he is "not minded" to refer the matter to police comes just days after he told the jury at the Diana inquest that Burrell was "a liar" following the discovery that, in Burrell's own words, he'd included some "red herrings" in his testimony to the Royal Courts of Justice.
Despite the case itself having now concluded, the Diana inquest continues to dominate the headlines on British TV news.
A
short time ago, Prime Minister Gordon Brown publicly declared that
it is time to "draw a line under" the death of Diana, Princess of Wales
and debate about the circumstances of her death.
However, despite having said from the outset that he would accept the
findings of the jury, Mohamed Al Fayed continues to analyse his legal options
in his fight to prove that "agents" working for MI6 murdered the princess and
his son.
