A brutal and sustained campaign of sexual exploitation and violence against dozens of young women – that’s the devastating pattern of allegations emerging from the testimony of victims of former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed.

Yesterday, Bruce Drummond, the barrister representing almost 40 women who have now come forward, said: ‘The allegations against Al Fayed are assaults in varying degrees from inappropriate touching to very serious sexual assaults including rape – one young girl was just 16. One was 15.’
