Fayed 'used bent cop to harass his victim'

Woman arrested on ‘fake theft rap'

- TOM PETTIFOR

MOHAMED AI Fayed allegedly used a dirty cop to target a young woman who was arrested after she accused him of sexual assault.

The billionaire's innocent employee was held in cells overnight on trumpedup theft claims only to be released the next day without charge.

She is understood to be in contact with lawyers suing Harrods in the wake of last week's BBC2 documentary, AI Fayed: Predator at Harrods.

The woman was sacked after complaining that AI Fayed had groped and tried to kiss her. Harrods then discovered she was planning to take them to an industrial tribunal in 1994.

Refusing to back down, she was arrested following a complaint by AI Fayed's then head of security, former Met Chief Supt John Macnamara, dubbed "Mac the Knife".

She later settled out of court with AI Fayed, who died last year aged 94.