AGAIN..AND AGAIN

AN alleged victim of Mohamed Al Fayed has demanded a probe into police conduct in the wake of the latest sex abuse and rape claims against him.

- TOM PETTIFOR and PATRICK HILL

Joan spoke out after it was revealed 19 women came forward to the Met accusing the late Harrods boss of attacks between 2005 and 2023, while he was still alive.

But the billionaire was not even arrested over the claims, which included rape, 15 sex assaults and one of trafficking.

A police probe has now been launched to identify any potential living suspects who were linked to AI Fayed, after he repeatedly escaped justice.

As another rape claim was made against him yesterday, by a woman who said she was a 16-year-old virgin, Joan told of her fury at the lack of action.

She said: "I am appalled but sadly not shocked by the news that the Met received reports from 19 women about rape, sexual assault and trafficking while AI Fayed was still alive and that still no prosecution against him was brought. It makes me wonder whether these were considered in isolation or if any weight was given to the fact that there were multiple allegations.

"There should be a statutory inquiry to look into the role of the police, as well as others, and whether they facilitated or enabled the decades of abuse committed by AI Fayed." Joan, not her real name, has hired law firm Leigh Day to fight her case. Her lawyer Emma Jones also called for a statutory inquiry into the scandal. She said: "I am quite shocked by this. It seems to me there was no reason why the dots could not have been joined when AI Fayed was alive.