Serial sex monster Mohamed Al Fayed accused of abusing victims since the 1970s

Serial sex monster Mohamed Al Fayed began abusing his victims as early as the 1970s as he was in the midst of building his business empire, it has emerged.

Shocking new claims of assault and rape have emerged with a further 65 women now providing testimonies of their horror ordeal at the hands of the Egyptian-born tycoon.

Earlier this month it emerged that almost 300 women had come forward to accuse the former Harrods owner of abusing them with the luxury store confirming it is negation with over 200 former employees.

Now more women have come forward with allegations of abuse -including sexual harassment, sexual assault and rape. Their accounts claim that Al Fayed used a range of abuse tactics and even targeted women employed outside his businesses.

It is claimed that Al Fayed, who died last year aged 94, recruited a number of women under false pretences into roles on his domestic staff and were then sexually exploited by him, including at his Surrey mansion. One told how she was just 19 when she was violently raped after he advertised for a nanny.

Over five days she only saw his children twice and was not allowed to interact with them. Instead each time she was requested by Al Fayed, she says she was sexually assaulted by him - in different locations on the estate, including the indoor pool, gardens and study – but could not escape.

She said: “Once you get in the house, you can’t get out. You have to go down a long driveway and through big gates at the bottom. He’s got to give permission for the gates to open.”

Another woman said as a young woman working in Dubai in 1977 she was assaulted, stalked and threatened by Al-Fayed, years before he purchased Harrods. He would have been 47 at the time.

Another victim said she was working at a London flower shop in the early 1980s, when she was spotted by one of Al Fayed's team. Aged 21 she was flown to the Paris Ritz for a purported job interview, where Al Fayed sexually assaulted her.

The Metropolitan Police has revealed that Al-Fayed was not charged despite 19 women and girls coming forward to make allegations against him when he was alive.

The force said it would carry out "full reviews of all existing allegations" of incidents lasting until 2013 to ensure there are "no new lines of inquiry based on new information which has emerged."