Al Fayed Gate

[davebro3]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yjgv7qy9qo

It is inconceivable that the decision not to prosecute Al Fayed over the alleged rape of a 15 year old was not taken at the highest level. Was Starmer simply incompetent or was he bought/warned off?

[Peter Pedant]

Why are all the victims suddenly coming out of the woodwork now? - - - DB why not

my god, Davebro  is on fire today ! - phew it is hot on AB !

who was querying rape of a 15 y old ?

In 2009, prosecutors decided not to charge Al Fayed over a claim he sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl in his store, saying there was "no realistic prospect of conviction"

[davebro3]

//people would be more emboldened to contact the police while the abuser is stll alive.//

They did but Al Fayed was "too sick to be interviewed"

//saying there was "no realistic prospect of conviction"//

Would they have said that if I had committed the alleged assault?

[youngmafbog]

They did report it when alive, CPS didnt want to know.

I think Starmer,granny harmers problem is that he keeps saying he knew nothing about this (or Saville).  Well if that is the case then that in itself is a problem.  The buck stops at the top Sir 2TKS.

[ynnafymmi]

Al Fayed sounds a bit like a former leader of the SNP to me.Both a pair of chancers.

[Ken4155]

YMB, i doubt all 30-odd women (that's the number being mentioned in latest news) reported Fayed to the cops. And, according to the link, one woman says that whenever one of the girls was summoned to his office, they all knew what was about to take place. If they had all gone en-masse to the police - or the newspapers - maybe...............................?

As an aside; given he began running Harrods in the mid 80s, surely many of his crimes would pre-date SKS's tenure?

[douglas9401]

No date on boggle-eyed hate, Ken.

[Canary42]

Rape is a very difficult crime for victims to report, given the prospect of being on the receiving end of some nasty insinuations in the Patriarchal Court System from prosecuting counsel, rarely reined in by their learned friend on the Bench.

[youngmafbog]

//i doubt all 30-odd women//

Abour 100 now, but no they didnt all and I suspect some of that will be fantasists as usual.

BUT, there were some and they were ignored.  That is the point.

[theshedman]

youngmafbog, Starmer says he was not involved in this case but as the boss he should have known especially with such a high profile person involved.  As the boss the buck stops with him.  If Al fayed had been taken to court and found guilty I bet he would have claimed it as one of his many victories.