Diana inquest delayed for six months

MICHAEL SEAMARK
UK Daily Mail
Tuesday, March 6, 2007

The inquests into the deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed will be delayed by six months.

Lawyers representing Mohamed al Fayed applied for the case to be put back to that date yesterday because of the "massive amount of work" still to be done on preparing for the hearing.

In a quick response, Lady Butler-Sloss, the coroner conducting the inquests, issued a direction today setting out a fresh timetable, saying that she was adjourning the main hearing "to on or about October 1".