A press conference heard how there was a ‘systematic failure of corporate responsibility’ in the Mohamed Al Fayed case.

Victims as young as 15 and 16 from the US, Canada Malaysia, Australia, Italy, Romania fell victim to Fayed in locations including London, Paris, Abu Dhabi and St Tropez, it is claimed.

Lawyers representing the women who claim they were raped former Harrods tycoon Mohamed Al Fayed have said he was ‘monster’ and ‘as sick as Jimmy Savile’. Five women have come forward saying they were raped by the late billionaire.