Daily Express Headline; says: 'A witness who holds vital clues suggesting Princess Diana’s death was not an accident is set to give evidence at her inquest. Christophe Pelat could be one of the most important people to take the stand when the hearing begins in the autumn. The French firefighter’s sensational claims concern the discovery of the “shot” body of paparazzi photographer James Andanson. Andanson was an MI6 informer who followed Diana’s every move in the weeks before she died alongside Dodi Al Fayed and their chauffeur, Henri Paul.
He is also believed to be the driver of a mystery Fiat Uno that collided with Diana’s Mercedes moments before it crashed. Three years after the fatal crash in Paris in 1997, Andanson’s badly charred body was discovered in a burnt-out BMW in the French countryside. The official verdict was that he had committed suicide but now Mr Pelat, who discovered his body, insists the photographer had been shot in the head.
The authorities have always claimed any damage to his skull was the result of the intense heat of the fire. But returning to the scene where Andanson’s body was found, Mr Pelat said: “He had a hole in his skull, as if he had been shot with a gun.” Mr Pelat, pictured for the first time today, told the Daily Express last night that he was willing to testify at the inquest and expected to be officially called in the coming weeks. He said: “Of course I will contribute to any inquiry of this nature. It is my job.”
