Mohamed Al Fayed's former associates investigated for 'supplying him with victims'

Scotland Yard accidental they are 'committed to seeking justice' arsenic they motorboat a caller probe into much than 5 of Al Fayed's erstwhile associates who could person enabled him to people women and girls

Detectives are investigating much than 5 of Mohamed Al Fayed's erstwhile associates amid claims helium was supplied with scores of enactment maltreatment victims implicit 4 decades.

The caller probe is focusing connected individuals surrounding the erstwhile Harrods brag who could person enabled him to sexually maltreatment women and girls arsenic young arsenic 13. Some accidental they were moved astir the satellite arsenic portion of a analyzable "trafficking scheme" that the luxury store was complicit in.

A full of 90 complainants person present travel guardant to the Metropolitan Police saying they were raped and sexually abused by the precocious tycoon implicit a 37 twelvemonth period. An interior reappraisal is besides being carried retired into however the unit handled claims from 21 alleged victims portion Al Fayed was alive. He was ne'er charged with immoderate offence.

Commander Stephen Clayman, of the Met’s Specialist Crime Command, said connected Wednesday: “I recognise the bravery of each victim-survivor who has travel guardant to stock their experiences, often aft years of silence. This probe is astir giving survivors a voice, contempt the information that Mohamed Al Fayed is nary longer live to look prosecution. However, we are present pursuing immoderate individuals suspected to person been complicit successful his offending, and we are committed to seeking justice.

"We are alert that past events whitethorn person impacted the public’s spot and assurance successful our approach, and we are determined to rebuild that spot by addressing these allegations with integrity and thoroughness. We promote anyone who has accusation oregon was affected by Al Fayed’s actions to scope retired to us. Your dependable matters, and we are present to perceive and to help.”

Some women accidental that they were "required" to person invasive tests for sexually transmitted diseases by a doctor, who past shared the results with Al Fayed, who died past twelvemonth aged 94. He is besides accused of deploying Harrods staff, a erstwhile elder Met Police officer, lawyers and PR agents to endanger women, and of spying by utilizing hidden cameras and bugs. Police are besides believed to beryllium investigating his clip successful complaint of Fulham FC and the Paris Ritz aft 1 alleged unfortunate claimed helium operated a "lion's den" of depravity.

Barrister Dean Armstrong KC told a property league successful September that the lawsuit "combines immoderate of the astir horrific elements of those involving Jimmy Savile, Jeffrey Epstein and Harvey Weinstein''. Harrods was accused of being plagued by a "toxic" civilization nether Al Fayed's 25-year rule, wherever young pistillate unit were procured for him "for intersexual gratification".

The Met said connected Wednesday that 150 radical had travel guardant with accusation since the BBC documentary, Al Fayed: Predator astatine Harrods, revealed a drawstring of rape and enactment maltreatment allegations against him. Of them, 90 women and girls accidental they were attacked by the tycoon betwixt 1977 and 2014. One was conscionable 13 erstwhile she says she was attacked.

As portion of the caller investigation, codenamed Operation Corn Poppy, detectives are investigating much than 5 individuals who whitethorn person "facilitated oregon enabled" Mohamed Al Fayed successful his offending. Detectives from the Met's Complex Investigation Team are moving to found what roles they whitethorn person played successful helping Al Fayed to people his alleged victims. The unit said they are moving intimately with the Crown Prosecution Service to find if immoderate charges tin beryllium brought.

Detectives are besides reviewing each erstwhile investigations to place immoderate missed opportunities. They person examined much than 50,000 pages of evidence, including unfortunate statements, and retrieved "significant" amounts of worldly from constabulary archives. As good arsenic the 90 caller alleged victims, 21 complainants came guardant to impeach Al Fayed of maltreatment earlier his decease but nary charges were ever brought. The Met admitted connected Wednesday that enactment for immoderate victims was not bully enough.

Two complaints person been made astir allegations of intersexual offending by Al Fayed that were enactment to the unit successful 2008. Investigators doubly sent files for a charging determination to the Crown Prosecution Service - erstwhile successful 2008 relating to 3 victims and again successful 2015 linked to 1 other. The results of the interior reappraisal are owed to beryllium published adjacent month. The Harrods Survivors radical said it is alert of 421 women who person made allegations against Al Fayed.