Met police refer two cases to watchdog after Fayed investigation complaints

Complaints involve inquiries from 2008 and 2013, quality of force’s response and how details leaked in later case

Scotland Yard has referred two cases to the police watchdog after receiving complaints over the force’s historical investigations into claims of sexual offences by Mohamed Al Fayed.

The complaints involve investigations from 2008 and 2013 and regard the quality of the Metropolitan police’s response and, in the latter case, how details leaked publicly.

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