A woman has told BBC Scotland how she was trafficked to the Highlands, drugged, sexually assaulted and held prisoner by Salah Fayed, the brother of former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed.
Jill, whose name has been changed for legal reasons, said she was a young Harrods employee when she was recruited to what she believed was an executive training scheme in the 1990s.
Speaking for the first time about the abuse that took place in Scotland, Jill said she was flown on the Fayed family’s private jet to Balnagown, their estate in Easter Ross, where she was repeatedly assaulted.
She is one of hundreds of women who have alleged abuse by the Fayed brothers.
Since Mohamed Al Fayed’s death in 2023, hundreds of women and girls have alleged they were sexually abused by him.
His brother Salah, who died of pancreatic cancer in 2010, has also been accused of abuse by numerous women.
Police Scotland said three people had been identified in connection with offending against a number of victims at Balnagown and inquiries remained ongoing.
Speaking to BBC Scotland, Jill described Salah Fayed as “a very cruel man” who exploited her vulnerabilities and exercised near-total control over her life.
She said she began her career at Harrods working for Mohamed Al Fayed in a heavily-monitored office staffed largely by young women, where access was tightly controlled and employees were discouraged from interacting with others.
Soon afterwards, she was assigned to work for Salah Fayed.
“I thought it might be better,” she said. “Mohamed seemed creepy to me.”
Instead, she said, her situation deteriorated rapidly.
“I was taken to Scotland twice. Both times it was on their private jet.
“When you flew there, you flew into Inverness and their vehicles would pick you up from the airport and take you to the estate.”