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Claudia Savage

Starmer says Mohamed Al Fayed sex abuse claims ‘never crossed’ his desk as DPP

More than 100 alleged victims have contacted police to say they were sexually abused by Mohamed Al Fayed (PA) - (PA Archive)

Sir Keir Starmer has said sex abuse allegations against Mohamed Al Fayed “never crossed” his desk during his tenure as director of public prosecutions.

The Prime Minister, who served as head of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) from 2008 to 2013, was questioned in the Commons as to why he “declined to instigate a prosecution for rape and sexual abuse” against the former owner of luxury department store Harrods.

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