Fayed's car gift to police who probed sex attack claims

Met never arrested Harrods tycoon

- TOM PETTIFOR

SMILING Mohamed AI Fayed poses in a £7,000 car he donated to the Met Police, even though he had been accused of sexual assault.

Wearing a senior officer's hat, the Harrods boss became the "first businessman to sponsor" the force in 1996, a year after the first public accusation of sexual misconduct by an employee.

It raises questions about whether the Met investigated AI Fayed "without fear or favour" when at least five women and girls made allegations against him before his death, aged 94, last year.