Britain’s police watchdog is assessing complaints from two women over how the Metropolitan Police handled sex crime allegations they made against the late Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed.

Lawyers say 400 women from the United States, Japan, Denmark, Malaysia, South Africa, Canada, the UK and Spain have come forward accusing the late billionaire of sexual misconduct in "the worst case of corporate sexual abuse of women the world has ever known".

The Metropolitan Police has referred itself to the police watchdog over complaints from two women about the handling of investigations into allegations against Mohamed Al Fayed. The force referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) after two women made complaints about investigations from 2008 and 2013.

Scotland Yard has referred itself to a police watchdog after two women complained about how their cases against Mohamed Al Fayed were handled. According to the Metropolitan Police, the two women raised concerns about the quality of police response and,