00:00The Metropolitan Police has apologized after accidentally exposing the email addresses
00:04of 143 people who came forward with allegations of sexual abuse by Mohammed Al-Faid.
00:10The force blamed human error after accidentally exposing the email addresses in a monthly
00:15update to victims of the late owner of London department store, Harrods.
00:19It said those affected had been contacted and the incident was being investigated as
00:23a matter of priority.
00:25The Met Police has also referred itself to the UK Information Watchdog, the Information
00:29Commissioner's Office.
00:31Police are continuing to investigate allegations against Al-Faid and people who may have facilitated
00:36or enabled his alleged offending.
00:38Hundreds of allegations of sexual misconduct have been made against the late Egyptian billionaire
00:43who died in 2023 without facing charges.
00:46The Met said six people have been questioned on the case but no arrests have been made.
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