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Ex-Harrods director says Mohamed Al Fayed used cash bribes to ‘control’ staff

Jon Brilliant says Fayed created a culture of fear at the business to ‘mask’ his abusive behaviour

The Guardian - UK

Mohamed Al Fayed ‘manipulated’ Harrods managers to hide alleged sexual abuse

A former director said he was ‘horrified’ when he first heard allegations that Mr Al Fayed had abused hundreds of women.

Evening Standard

OPINION - Mohammed Al Fayed and Harrods — it only gets worse, which is why rage is the answer

The horrific crimes committed by Mohamed Al Fayed, the former Harrods owner, are back in the news again. We are now learning that one of his victims could have been as young as 13 and the number of women he could have raped could be in the hundreds.

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Will Harrods take the fall for Al Fayed? Panic hits shop floor as 'barristers get their ducks in a row'

Everyone knew Mohamed Al Fayed was ‘a randy old sod’ — but shocking allegations of rape and sexual assault from more than 400 victims have left the nation speechless. Joe Bromley investigates whether one of London’s most believed brands can weather the storm

Evening Standard

UK police investigate more than 5 people over alleged abuse by former Harrods boss Al Fayed

Britain’s biggest police force has launched an investigation into more than five people who may have assisted former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed carry out more than 100 alleged acts of sexual abuse

The Independent UK

What the papers say – November 28

Here are the lead stories making Thursday’s newspapers.

The Independent UK

Met Police investigate five suspects who ‘enabled’ Mohamed Al Fayed to rape dozens of women

Harrods owner Al Fayed’s crimes took place between 1977 and 2014 and victims included a girl, 13

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Mohamed Al Fayed may have raped and abused at least 111 women and girls, say police

Scale of criminality would make Fayed, who died last year at the age of 94, one of Britain’s most notorious sex offenders

The Guardian - UK

Mohamed Al Fayed’s sexual abuse ‘could be on same scale as Jimmy Savile’

Survivor’s advocate appointed by Harrods said Al Fayed’s ‘tentacles went far and wide’

The Independent UK

Mohamed Al Fayed's abuse 'could have been on same scale as Jimmy Savile'

Al Fayed’s abuse ‘went far and wide’, Harrod’s survivors’ advocate has said

Evening Standard

'Mohamed Al Fayed's brother Salah also abused us', women say

Salah Al Fayed abused women while they were employed by Harrods, victims have alleged

Evening Standard

‘Mohamed Al Fayed’s brother Salah also abused us’, say women

The women told the BBC that Salah Fayed abused them in London, the south of France and Monaco between 1989 and 1997.

Evening Standard

Fayed accuser files US court claim to make his younger brother give evidence

Claim will be first legal action taken related to alleged crimes of former Harrods owner, who died last year

The Guardian - UK

UK police watchdog reviews handling of Mohamed Al Fayed sex crime allegations

Britain’s police watchdog is assessing complaints from two women over how the Metropolitan Police handled sex crime allegations they made against the late Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed

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The Guardian - UK

Met police refer two cases to watchdog after Fayed investigation complaints

Complaints involve inquiries from 2008 and 2013, quality of force’s response and how details leaked in later case

The Independent UK

Met Police refers itself to watchdog over Mohamed Al Fayed allegations

Two women complained about how their investigations were handled

Evening Standard

Met Police refers itself to watchdog over investigations into Al Fayed allegations

The Metropolitan Police has referred itself to the police watchdog over complaints from two women about the handling of investigations into allegations made against Mohamed Al Fayed.

Evening Standard

Met makes watchdog referral following complaints about Al Fayed investigations

Two women made complaints about investigations from 2008 and 2013.

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Evening Standard

Harrods appoints Jasvinder Sanghera as advocate for survivors of alleged abuse

The department store confirmed ‘over 290 individuals’ were engaged in the Harrods process.

The Independent UK

Met Police first told of Fayed sexual abuse allegations ‘a decade earlier than previously acknowledged’

Samantha Jay-Ramsay told the News of the World in 1998 that police had said she was ‘not the first’ with claims over Fayed

Evening Standard

Met allegedly told of Al Fayed sexual misconduct claims as early as 1995

Samantha Jay-Ramsay’s family said she reported Mr Al Fayed to police when she worked at Harrods almost 30 years ago.

Evening Standard

Met Police told about Al Fayed sexual abuse allegations 10 years earlier than it admits

Harrods employee allegedly groped in 1995 told ‘we’ve added it to a pile of other complaints’

The Independent UK

Mohamed al-Fayed: Full timeline of allegations, from the shop floor of Harrods to Fulham Football Club

Allegations about Mohamed al-Fayed were first publicised in 1995

The Conversation

Four ways Mohamed Al Fayed silenced whistleblowers in his organisation

On the first anniversary of former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed’s death, more than 20 women accused the billionaire of rape, sexual assault or harassment while they worked at his luxury department store. Many had been in their late teens and early twenties at the time.

The Guardian - UK

Mohamed Al Fayed’s victims call for Harrods boycott

More than 400 alleged victims of ex-Harrods owner have come forward, lawyers for survivors’ group say

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