The Latest Breaking News from Mohamed Al Fayed

The Metropolitan Police has referred itself to the police watchdog over complaints from two women about the handling of investigations into allegations made against Mohamed Al Fayed.

Two women made complaints about investigations from 2008 and 2013.

Allegations about Mohamed al-Fayed were first publicised in 1995

On the first anniversary of former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed’s death, more than 20 women accused the billionaire of rape, sexual assault or harassment while they worked at his luxury department store. Many had been in their late teens and early twenties at the time.

More than 400 alleged victims of ex-Harrods owner have come forward, lawyers for survivors’ group say

Lawyers say alleged victims ‘have been let down by significant parts of our society’

Lawyers acting on behalf of alleged victims said the first letter of claim was the ‘beginning of the formal legal process’.

Harrods has said more than 250 people are part of its process to settle compensation claims over Mohamed Al Fayed’s alleged historical sexual misconduct

The daughter of football icon Paul Gascoigne has said she encountered Al Fayed after joining Harrods aged 16