Barristers representing the alleged victims of Mohamed Al Fayed have said the case “combines some of the most horrific elements of the cases involving Jimmy Savile, Jeffrey Epstein and Harvey Weinstein”. The late Harrods’ owner was described as a “monster” by barrister Dean Armstrong KC during a press conference held by the legal team featured in the BBC documentary Al-Fayed: Predator At Harrods. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00We believe that the system not only enabled but potentially and allowed to a
00:10knowing extent the widespread sexual abuse of the survivors that we
00:15represent. I have many years of practice and I have never seen a case as horrific
00:23as this. This case combines some of the most horrific elements of the
00:29cases involving Jimmy Savile, Jeffrey Epstein and Harvey Weinstein. We will
00:37say it plainly, Mohamed El-Fayed was a monster.
00:46He was a monster. But he was a monster enabled by a system, a system that
00:58pervaded Harrods. Those of you who have seen the most magnificent documentary
01:05that we saw last night will know and may well remember very clearly the words of
01:12the manager who said the following, anyone who tells you they didn't know
01:19what was going on is lying.