Police investigated sex assault at Fayed estate in Highlands

Police Scotland has said it investigated a study of a "non-recent intersexual assault" astatine Mohamed Al Fayed's Highland estate.

The precocious Harrods proprietor has been described arsenic a "sexual predator" who assaulted unit and threatened them implicit a 25-year-period successful London and different locations, according barristers representing dozens of women.

Fayed is simply a erstwhile proprietor of Balnagowan Estate successful Easter Ross and besides owned Sutherland's Falls of Shin Visitor Centre, which was damaged by a occurrence in 2013.

Police Scotland said its inquiries were complete. A spokesperson added: "Should caller accusation beryllium obtained oregon reported to police, past further inquiries volition beryllium carried out."

Fayed , who died successful August past year, bought Balnagowan Estate, northbound of Invergordon, successful 1972.

A lawyer for his accusers was described him arsenic "a monster" enabled by a strategy that "pervaded" the Harrods' London store.

Dean Armstrong KC said Harrods should instrumentality work aft allegations against Fayed - including rape - were made in a BBC probe this week.

Harrods has said it was "utterly appalled" by the allegations and has condemned his actions "in the strongest terms".

The section store's caller owners person a compensation strategy for ex-employees who accidental they were attacked by Fayed, which is abstracted to the ineligible enactment being taken by immoderate accusers.

Harrods has already reached fiscal settlements with the bulk of radical who person approached them since 2023, and has had caller inquiries this week.