Police record 40 new allegations against Mohamed Al Fayed

Forty new allegations from 40 different people that include sexual assault and rape against former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed have been made to the Metropolitan Police.

The force had urged anyone who had not previously come forward with allegations to do so and said it would review historical complaints.

The new allegations involving 40 people cover a period between 1979 and 2013.

It comes after a BBC documentary heard testimony from former Harrods employees who said the billionaire sexually assaulted or raped them.

Since the documentary first aired, a further 65 women have contacted the BBC saying they were abused by Mohamed Al Fayed, with allegations stretching far beyond Harrods and as far back as 1977.

Al Fayed, who died aged 94 in 2023, took over the luxury department store in 1985 and sold it in 2010.

The Metropolitan Police said the 40 new allegations are in addition to the allegations they were aware of prior to the broadcast of the BBC documentary.