Mohamed Al Fayed

David_roper84

What can be legally done against Mr Al Fayed now that he is dead?

Reply 1

StriderHort

Well he won't be jailed or signing any cheques, and you're not allowed to dig up the corpse and **** about with it.

Reply 2

David_roper84

It provides a interesting insight into how historic offences can be proved.

Mohammed Al Fayed Historic Rape Allegations: Historic Offences (eventumlegal.co.uk)

Personally not keen on digging up the dead but if that's the sort of thing that floats your boat?? 😉

Reply 3

Genesiss

Harrods to face civil claims over allegations of rape and sexual assault by former boss Mohamed Al Fayed

https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/harrods-to-face-civil-claims-over-al-fayed-rape-allegations/5120932.article

Reply 4

Wired_1800

Original post by David_roper84

What can be legally done against Mr Al Fayed now that he is dead?

I don't think it is proper to go after an individual who is deceased.

Reply 5

the bear

go down the Oliver Cromwell route....

he was dug up, executed and his head displayed on a pole

Reply 6

Genesiss

perhaps we've all seen some version of this: lawyers are investigating possible claims against the Metropolitan Police for taking insufficient action on previous reports from victim-survivors. a statutory public inquiry is also being considered. also, an investigation into the role of medical professionals alleged to have conducted sexual health exams upon recruitment, the results of which were provided to Harrods and Al Fayed without informed consent (that's ****ed up to say the least). too big to summarise, so see links below:

https://www.leighday.co.uk/news/news/2024-news/potential-legal-claims-investigated-against-harrods-following-rape-and-sexual-abuse-allegations-in-bbc-documentary/

https://www.leighday.co.uk/news/news/2024-news/survivor-of-harrods-human-trafficking-urges-the-government-to-launch-a-statutory-public-inquiry/

re possible legal action against Al Fayad himself: no, obviously being dead man cannot be criminally convicted. however, Met Police has asked victim-survivors what have not come forward yet to do so, so they may 'fully explore whether any other individuals could be pursued for any criminal offences' and 'As such, we are carrying out full reviews of all existing allegations reported to us about Al Fayed to ensure there are no new lines of enquiry based on new information which has emerged'.

https://news.met.police.uk/news/statement-on-allegations-against-mohamed-al-fayed-488580

as we've prob seen in the press, it isn't for lack of trying to get man convicted. in all 19 allegations that were reported to Met Police between 2005-23 tho no further action was taken (see Police link above). this isn't necessarily a failure on the police's end (we won't know till the investigation has been conducted, but looks weird innit?) nor is it an indication that these women are lying. sad truth is, the overwhelming majority of reported rapes will never see a conviction (recent years conviction rate is less than 2%). why, cuz for better or worse, it isn't in the public interest to press charges if there is no real prospect of conviction, and sexual offences are notoriously difficult to secure. many sad reasons for this, which i will leave in the source below cuz this is already tl;dr

https://www.saunders.co.uk/news/virtually-all-rape-victims-are-denied-justice-here-is-the-roadmap-to-failure

Reply 7

Nezza-99

Original post by Genesiss

perhaps we've all seen some version of this: lawyers are investigating possible claims against the Metropolitan Police for taking insufficient action on previous reports from victim-survivors. a statutory public inquiry is also being considered. also, an investigation into the role of medical professionals alleged to have conducted sexual health exams upon recruitment, the results of which were provided to Harrods and Al Fayed without informed consent (that's ****ed up to say the least). too big to summarise, so see links below:
https://www.leighday.co.uk/news/news/2024-news/potential-legal-claims-investigated-against-harrods-following-rape-and-sexual-abuse-allegations-in-bbc-documentary/
https://www.leighday.co.uk/news/news/2024-news/survivor-of-harrods-human-trafficking-urges-the-government-to-launch-a-statutory-public-inquiry/
re possible legal action against Al Fayad himself: no, obviously being dead man cannot be criminally convicted. however, Met Police has asked victim-survivors what have not come forward yet to do so, so they may 'fully explore whether any other individuals could be pursued for any criminal offences' and 'As such, we are carrying out full reviews of all existing allegations reported to us about Al Fayed to ensure there are no new lines of enquiry based on new information which has emerged'.
https://news.met.police.uk/news/statement-on-allegations-against-mohamed-al-fayed-488580
as we've prob seen in the press, it isn't for lack of trying to get man convicted. in all 19 allegations that were reported to Met Police between 2005-23 tho no further action was taken (see Police link above). this isn't necessarily a failure on the police's end (we won't know till the investigation has been conducted, but looks weird innit?) nor is it an indication that these women are lying. sad truth is, the overwhelming majority of reported rapes will never see a conviction (recent years conviction rate is less than 2%). why, cuz for better or worse, it isn't in the public interest to press charges if there is no real prospect of conviction, and sexual offences are notoriously difficult to secure. many sad reasons for this, which i will leave in the source below cuz this is already tl;dr
https://www.saunders.co.uk/news/virtually-all-rape-victims-are-denied-justice-here-is-the-roadmap-to-failure

Interesting