Hello and welcome to the details of Torrent of new reports to UK police over ex-Harrods boss Al Fayed’s alleged rapes, sexual abuse and now with the details
Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - A file photograph shows Harrods department store owner Mohamed Al Fayed arrivinv at the London High Court, on July 27, 2007. — AFP pic
LONDON, Oct 12 — British police said on Friday they had recorded 40 new allegations linked to former Harrods department store owner Mohamed Al Fayed following a BBC documentary in which victims accused the late businessman of sexual abuse and rape.
Egyptian billionaire Al Fayed died last year aged 94 after decades making newspaper headlines as one of Britain’s best known businessmen.
The BBC documentary said he had sexually abused female staff at Harrods in London and had threatened them if they tried to complain. It said Harrods had failed to intervene and helped to cover up abuse allegations during his ownership.
Harrods, which Al Fayed sold in 2010, has said it is “appalled” by the allegations and that it is now a “very different organisation”.
Police called last month for anyone with allegations against Al Fayed to contact them and said it would look to prosecute others after the accusations.
“Detectives have received numerous pieces of information, predominantly relating to the activities of Mohamed Al Fayed but some relating to the actions of others,” said Stephen Clayman, head of specialist crime at London’s Metropolitan Police.
The new allegations relate to 40 victims and cover offences including sexual assault and rape from 1979 to 2013, police said.
They are in addition to 21 allegations about Al Fayed made before the documentary. They were reported to the police between 2005 and 2023 but no action was taken against him.
Al Fayed always denied the accusations.
While most of the new information concerns his ownership of Harrods from 1985 to 2010, police are contacting other organisations linked to him to ensure anyone affected is identified, they said.
Harrods did not immediately respond to Reuters’ request for a comment on Friday’s police announcement. — Reuters
These were the details of the news Torrent of new reports to UK police over ex-Harrods boss Al Fayed’s alleged rapes, sexual abuse for this day. We hope that we have succeeded by giving you the full details and information. To follow all our news, you can subscribe to the alerts system or to one of our different systems to provide you with all that is new.
It is also worth noting that the original news has been published and is available at Malay Mail and the editorial team at AlKhaleej Today has confirmed it and it has been modified, and it may have been completely transferred or quoted from it and you can read and follow this news from its main source.
