{"id":171035,"date":"2024-11-08T19:16:05","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T19:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/08\/al-fayed-watchdog-to-review-police-handling-of-abuse-claims\/"},"modified":"2024-11-08T19:16:05","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T19:16:05","slug":"al-fayed-watchdog-to-review-police-handling-of-abuse-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/08\/al-fayed-watchdog-to-review-police-handling-of-abuse-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Al Fayed: Watchdog to review police handling of abuse claims"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The police watchdog will review how Metropolitan Police officers handled allegations of sexual misconduct against former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed.<\/p>\n

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) will review two cases the Met Police investigated in 2008 and 2013 after the force referred itself.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of women have alleged the billionaire, who died last year aged 94, raped or sexually assaulted them. <\/p>\n

Police are looking into some claims and Harrods is also settling hundreds of claims.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In a documentary which aired in September, the BBC revealed Al Fayed was accused by 21 women of sexual offences while he was alive.<\/p>\n

Since the documentary aired, more than 400 alleged victims have come forward with allegations of assault, harassment and rape over a period of more than 30 years when they were his employees.<\/p>\n

However, questions have been raised around the Met’s investigations.<\/p>\n

Of the 21 women who made allegations before September this year, the Met did not pass full files of evidence to prosecutors on 19 of the women who approached them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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