The British Crown Prosecution Service twice declined to charge Al Fayed with sexual offences, the first time in 2008 and the second time in 2013.
Last Thursday, the British broadcaster BBC announced that five women had filed a complaint raped by late tycoon Mohamed Al Fayedowner of Harrods galleries.
own BBC interviewed more than twenty women for the documentary that aired last week and the British media is already talking about more than 150 women went to law firms to seek advice on sexual abuse believed to have been committed by the Egyptian-born businessman while they were working for Harrods.
In turn this Sunday British Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has recognized that He refused to press charges twice for past sexual crimes against late businessman Mohamed al Fayed, as there was no solid evidence against him.
A CPS spokesperson told British media that the Metropolitan Police had transferred its investigation into Al Fayed to the Crown Prosecution Service for “indecent assault” on a minor in 2008 and for rape in 2013, but in both cases it was ruled out formally charging the then owner of Harrods department store.
“To bring a charge, the CPS must be confident that there is a realistic prospect of conviction. On each occasion, our prosecutors have carefully examined the evidence and concluded that this was not the case,” the spokesman said.
The Public Prosecution Service is said to have asked police to investigate the tycoon in 2018, 2021 and 2023, but on none of those occasions was sufficient evidence provided to formally charge Al Fayed, the father of the late Diana of Wales’ last partner, who died with her in a car accident in Paris.
Al Fayed died last year at the age of 94.
Former Fulham Women manager says they protected his players from Al Fayed
On the other hand, a former coach of Fulham’s women’s team assured that they had taken protective measures to prevent the players from being alone with the club’s former owner, Mohamed al Fayed.
Speaking to the BBC, Gaute Haugenes, who coached the team between 2001 and 2003, explained that the coaching staff knew that the late Egyptian magnate, who also owned Harrods, “liked young, blonde girls”. As a precaution, the coaches banned the players from being alone with Al Fayed, the club’s owner, for 16 years.
Source: EITB
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