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Mohamed Al Fayed: 65 more women tell BBC of abuse, stretching back to 1970s

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65 more women tell BBC of sexual abuse by Mohamed Al Fayed , with allegations stretching far beyond Harrods.

Allegations include new details of sexual harassment, sexual assault and rape.

Several of the women interviewed by the BBC allege they were recruited into roles on the billionaire's domestic staff and were then sexually exploited by him - including at his mansion in Oxted .

Margot Sheenagh says she was kept at Barrow Green Court , against my will, as a prisoner for several days .

She says Al Fayed sexually assaulted her and when she tried to leave blocked the door.

Sheenagh was 25 and working in a bank in Dubai when she first met him.

She has waived her right to anonymity to share her story with the BBC .

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informal

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English

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33

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