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| Al Fayed's security head 'lied' | Al Fayed's security head 'lied' |
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| Mohamed Al Fayed's former head of security has told the inquest into Princess Diana's death he lied about how much alcohol Henri Paul had drunk. | Mohamed Al Fayed's former head of security has told the inquest into Princess Diana's death he lied about how much alcohol Henri Paul had drunk. |
| The former top police officer - sent to Paris after the crash that killed Diana and Mr Al Fayed's son - found driver Mr Paul had two Ricards that evening. | The former top police officer - sent to Paris after the crash that killed Diana and Mr Al Fayed's son - found driver Mr Paul had two Ricards that evening. |
| John Macnamara had previously told a US TV programme he drank pineapple juice. | John Macnamara had previously told a US TV programme he drank pineapple juice. |
| He also told the court his claims that Diana was pregnant when she died were based on what a journalist told him. | |
| Earlier, Ex-Met Police chief Lord Stevens called for an apology after his report into the death was criticised. | Earlier, Ex-Met Police chief Lord Stevens called for an apology after his report into the death was criticised. |
| He denied "scurrilous accusations" that he had not done his job properly when overseeing the Paget report into the princess's death which ruled it had been a "tragic accident". | He denied "scurrilous accusations" that he had not done his job properly when overseeing the Paget report into the princess's death which ruled it had been a "tragic accident". |
| Inconsistency | Inconsistency |
| The princess, Dodi Al Fayed and driver Henri Paul died in the 1997 Paris crash and according to the report, tests indicated Mr Paul was three times over the French drink-drive limit. | The princess, Dodi Al Fayed and driver Henri Paul died in the 1997 Paris crash and according to the report, tests indicated Mr Paul was three times over the French drink-drive limit. |
| I have come here to tell the truth John Macnamara Ex-Met chief seeks apology | I have come here to tell the truth John Macnamara Ex-Met chief seeks apology |
| Addressing retired Met detective chief superintendent Mr Macnamara's inconsistency, the coroner told him that one of the problems for the jury was "if you are telling lies on some occasions, how can they tell if you are telling the truth on others?" | Addressing retired Met detective chief superintendent Mr Macnamara's inconsistency, the coroner told him that one of the problems for the jury was "if you are telling lies on some occasions, how can they tell if you are telling the truth on others?" |
| "As a former Chief Superintendent surely you, above anybody, are aware of the importance of telling the truth in public?", he asked him. | "As a former Chief Superintendent surely you, above anybody, are aware of the importance of telling the truth in public?", he asked him. |
| Mr Macnamara was questioned by coroner Lord Justice Scott Baker | Mr Macnamara was questioned by coroner Lord Justice Scott Baker |
| Mr Macnamara replied, "Yes" and told the jury: "I have come here to tell the truth". | Mr Macnamara replied, "Yes" and told the jury: "I have come here to tell the truth". |
| The coroner, Lord Justice Scott Baker, went on asked Mr Macnamara why he had failed to apologise to Princess Diana's former bodyguard, Trevor Rees, for remarks he had made about him in his sworn statement to the original police investigation. | The coroner, Lord Justice Scott Baker, went on asked Mr Macnamara why he had failed to apologise to Princess Diana's former bodyguard, Trevor Rees, for remarks he had made about him in his sworn statement to the original police investigation. |
| "Have you apologised to Mr Rees Jones, having made the very serious statement: 'in my opinion Rees Jones has willingly and in return for payment been used as a mouthpiece by or on behalf of the security services to discredit the mounting evidence that the crash was not an accident'?" | "Have you apologised to Mr Rees Jones, having made the very serious statement: 'in my opinion Rees Jones has willingly and in return for payment been used as a mouthpiece by or on behalf of the security services to discredit the mounting evidence that the crash was not an accident'?" |
| Mr Macnamara replied that he had not seen Mr Rees, and had believed his statement to be true at the time he made it. | Mr Macnamara replied that he had not seen Mr Rees, and had believed his statement to be true at the time he made it. |
| Pregnant | |
| Mr Macnamara was asked about two allegations he made about Princess Diana in his witness statement, issued on July 3, 2006. | |
| He admitted that he now had no evidence to support his then "firm belief" that Princess Diana had telephoned friends to tell them of her intended engagement to Dodi. | |
| He also admitted that his belief that Princess Diana was pregnant at the time of her death was based upon a conversation with a journalist, who had told him that Lord (then Sir Michael) Jay had ordered the princess's body to be embalmed. | |
| Asked if he now knew that allegation to be wrong Mr Macnamara replied: "Yes, because he (Lord Jay) has given evidence in court." | |
| Mr Macnamara was also asked about his allegation that Diana and Dodi were murdered, and that the British and French security services "were complicit in their deaths." | |
| "That was my belief yes," he replied. | |
| Asked whether he believed the Duke of Edinburgh was involved in a conspiracy to murder the Princess Mr Macnamara replied: "Not to my knowledge. I have never mentioned the Duke of Edinburgh." | |
| Mr Macnamara said evidence that the pair were murdered had originally come from "people like" Richard Tomlinson, a former MI6 officer. | |
| On Wednesday Mr Tomlinson admitted that he have been "confused" when he told Mohamed Al Fayed that MI6 plans to kill Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic in a car crash bore an "eerie similarity" to the crash that killed Mr Al Fayed's son Dodi and Princess Diana. | |
| Mr Tomlinson also admitted that he had no evidence to back his earlier assertion that Henri Paul was an MI6 agent. |