A BBC investigation into Mohamed Al Fayed, the late former Harrods owner, has prompted more women to come forward.
A woman has told the BBC she was subjected to a "sickening" sexual assault by former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed after being invited to his London flat for a work meeting.
She met Fayed - who was in his late seventies at the time - at work meetings on two occasions, before being summoned to his apartment on London's Park Lane in late 2007.She was shown into sitting room by a housekeeper. In January 2023 Melanie decided to go to the police. The BBC has seen emails showing the case was passed to the Met's CID department, which investigates serious allegations.
Some former employees recounted how he would tour his department store and identify young female assistants he found attractive, before promoting them to work his private office. It said each of the allegations reported to the force had been "investigated and, where appropriate, advice from the Crown Prosecution Service was sought".The closest he came to being uncovered appears to have been in October 2008, when he was questioned over allegations made by a girl who he first met when she was 14.
"I mentioned that I was 15, and 'what are you doing?', and he said I was turning into a beautiful woman and grabbed my chest."On Thursday, the Met confirmed it had spoken to more than one witness and analysed telephone data in Ellie's case. The force said it handed a file of evidence to the CPS - but prosecutors decided no further action should be taken.
The CPS advised the Met in 2018, 2021, and 2023 - but in those instances, police did not provide prosecutors with a full file of evidence. It is also not clear if all of those investigations relate to separate women.Melanie described the feeling of discovering Fayed had died and would never be taken in for questioning over her 2023 report as "gutting".
Members of the UK legal team representing many of the women featured in the BBC documentary “Al-Fayed: Predator at Harrods” are to hold a news conference on Friday morning.
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