Police reportedly write to women allegedly assaulted by late Harrods owner, apologising that he will ‘never directly face justice’
Women allegedly assaulted by the late Mohamed Al Fayed feel let down by police investigators, their advocate has said, as she criticised the Met for planning to “resort” to sending a video to keep them updated.
The comments by Dame Jasvinder Sanghera, who was appointed by Harrods as an independent survivors’ advocate, came as it was reported the Metropolitan police had written to the women apologising for the distress they had suffered, especially as Fayed would never face justice.
Dozens of women have come forward with allegations of abuse by the late Harrods owner going as far back as 1977, with numbers steadily increasing since the broadcast last year of the BBC documentary Al Fayed: Predator at Harrods.
The officer who is now leading the investigation at Scotland Yard, DCS Angela Craggs, is reported to have written to the women to say she was “acutely aware the case is especially distressing to all those who have suffered. Not least due to the fact that the main suspect will now never directly face justice for his crimes, and for this I am truly sorry.”
