Al-Fayed sexual abuse could be 'on the scale of Savile'

The scale of Mohamed Al-Fayed’s sexual abuse may be similar to that of Jimmy Savile’s, a survivors’ advocate appointed by Harrods has said.

- ATHENA STAVROU

Dame Jasvinder Sanghera was appointed by the department store, previously owned by Fayed, as an independent advocate to address the needs of the late billionaire’s victims.

Speaking to the BBC, Dame Jasvinder said she has seen evidence Fayed’s “tentacles went far and wide” as she discussed the scale of the abuse. “We could be talking about something on the scale of Jimmy Savile,” she said. After his death in 2011, hundreds of survivors came forward with stories of abuse by Savile, who used his work at the BBC and at hospitals, prisons and charities to conceal his crimes.