Met Police knew about Mohamed Al Fayed sex abuse allegations decade earlier than previously said

The Metropolitan Police antecedently claimed that the earliest it had received a study astir allegations of serial rape and intersexual maltreatment by Harrods proprietor Mohamed Al Fayed was successful 2005

The Met Police knew astir Mohamed Al Fayed enactment maltreatment claims a decennary earlier than antecedently said, it emerged.

Samantha Ramsay’s household said she reported him successful 1995 aft helium allegedly groped her successful Harrods erstwhile she was 17. The unit has claimed the archetypal study came successful 2005.

Samantha’s sister Emma Wills said: “She did each the close things to effort to stroke the whistle and had the bravery and courageousness to effort to clasp Al Fayed accountable but nary 1 was interested, nary 1 would assistance her.”

Samantha died successful a car clang successful 2007 aged 28. But Emma believes she whitethorn inactive beryllium live if her claims had been listened to.

She added: “There has ever been a niggling feeling that it wasn’t an mishap due to the fact that she had made [an] effort connected her beingness before. I bash clasp Al Fayed responsible. I truly judge if it hadn’t happened to her past her beingness would person been different. This happened conscionable arsenic she was turning into an adult, this isn’t what she should person been dealing with.”

The Met said determination is nary past of Samantha’s study connected machine systems, but it could person been mislaid erstwhile paperwork became integer files successful the 90s.

It is nether unit aft the BBC documentary connected Al Fayed’s alleged crimes claimed officers failed to enactment connected accusations. There are besides claims officers took bribes disconnected the precocious tycoon.

Central Specialist Crime Commander Stephen Clayman said: “While we cannot alteration what happened, we admit spot and assurance is affected by our attack successful the past and we are determined to bash better.”