Mohamed Al Fayed accused in BBC documentary of raping five women

Mohamed Al Fayed in 2005 in front of a memorial to his son Dodi and Diana, Princess of Wales in Harrods. He died last year, aged 94. Photograph: Reuters

The former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed has been accused of raping five women and sexually abusing at least 15 others when they worked at the luxury department store, according to a BBC investigation.

More than 20 women, all of whom were Fayed’s former employees, told a BBC documentary they had been sexually assaulted by him and that Harrods had covered up the abuse.