Mohamed al Fayed's daughter cleared of robbing brother's iPhone

Mohamed al Fayed’s daughter has been cleared of robbing her brother of his £1,900 iPhone after prosecutors dropped the case.

Camilla Fayed, 39, previously denied the charge of robbery against Omar Fayed in the gym of the family's Grade I listed estate, Barrow Green Court, near Oxted in Surrey, on 18 May 2020.

She was due to face trial alongside her husband Mohamad Esreb, 44, Matthew Littlewood, 35, and Andrew Bott, 52, who all denied the same charge, in February next year.

But prosecutors offered no evidence at a hearing at Guildford Crown Court on Wednesday.

Prosecutor Eloise Marshall KC said: "I advised the CPS (Crown Prosecution Service) on quite a number of issues and ultimately the decision was made due to a combination of factors."

Judge Patricia Lees said: "In those circumstances then the court will enter not guilty verdicts in respect of each defendant. As far as they are concerned they are discharged from the court."

Ms Fayed, of Park Lane, central London, did not attend the hearing on Wednesday, while her co-defendants appeared by video-link.

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Her father, former Harrods and Fulham football club boss Mohamed al Fayed died last year at the age of 94.

The billionaire businessman has since been accused of widespread sexual abuse of his female employees, with allegations made by hundreds of women.

Harrods has previously said it is "utterly appalled" by the claims and said it is a "very different organisation to the one owned and controlled by Fayed between 1985 and 2010".

Fulham previously said they were trying to establish whether anyone at the club had been affected, and were encouraging people to come forward to its safeguarding department or the police.

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