Mohamed Fayed asked me to spy on Harrods girls & used sick code name for grooming victims, says ex-head of security
SEX beast Mohamed Fayed’s ex-head of security has revealed horrific details about him — including his lust for sex workers and attacks on women at his mansion.
He said the late Harrods owner also referred to female staff he wanted to target for sex as “non-typist secretaries” as he moved them close to his office at the West London store.
SAS-trained Andre Steele — who worked for Fayed from 2004 to 2008 — also said a young female member of staff at Fulham FC had to be shielded from boss Fayed whenever he visited the club.
Police have confirmed they are probing 40 fresh claims of sexual assault against Fayed, bringing the total to 61.
Former soldier Andre, 57, told The Sun he is haunted by his time working for the predator at his mansion and at Harrods.
He eventually left his job after refusing to use his ex-military security teams to carry out surveillance — run by Fayed’s former cop henchman John MacNamara — on young shop girls at weekends.
Andre said Fayed “toured the floors of Harrods twice a day and spotted girls”.
He and head of investigations MacNamara, who died in 2019, used the term “non-typists” as code for ones the boss wanted to be moved close to his office.
He said: “That was code for ones he was grooming. I did not realise at first what he was doing and thought he just liked being surrounded by pretty girls.
“After a few years, I could see in his eyes that he knew that I knew what was going on. But I never had evidence to confront him.”
Model Bianca Gascoigne, daughter of ex-England star Paul Gascoigne, this week told how Fayed molested her after she started working at Harrods, aged 16.
And Fulham women’s ex-captain Ronnie Gibbons, 44, says she was twice lured to Harrods and sexually assaulted by Fayed in 2000-2001.
Andre said: “At Fulham, I was head of security for the close protection teams and the bodyguards.
“We were made aware that there were allegations against Al-Fayed.
“One girl in question was in her mid-20s and she took a complaint to a supervisor or managers there.
“Fulham always made sure a male member of staff was with her when Al-Fayed was there. We knew she was not to be left with him.”
Fayed — who died last year aged 94 — was finally exposed by a BBC documentary last month which focused on his time at Harrods.
Surrey Police is also investigating a report of sex abuse at Barrow Green Court, his mansion in Oxted.
Andre revealed how Fayed told security teams at his home when “masseuses” would be visiting.
Talking of his behaviour at the sprawling pad, Andre said: “I know of at least three women who left their jobs because of his behaviour.
“And he always said he had masseuses coming. They would arrive at eight or nine o’clock and would leave around midnight or 1am.
“I assume they were high-class prostitutes, usually tall and mainly blonde, which was his type. This even happened when his wife, Heini, was there. It was a high volume of girls. I was also aware of girls groomed or targeted at Harrods and made to go to the estate.
“Al-Fayed would pick them out on the shop floor and ‘reward’ them by moving them to work at Barrow Green Court.”
Andre told of a young female chef who fled the estate after one incident.
He said: “As team leader I went to speak to her. She said, ‘He’s done it again, Andre, touching me and trying to get me to do things I didn’t want.’
“It happened again with another female maid there — and I never saw either of the girls again. There was a nanny the boss accused of taking money and used that to get rid of her. But it boils down to she would not have sex with him.
“I never witnessed any assaults. I would have taken action if I had.”
Andre, of Hereford, who trained with 22 Regiment of the SAS, said: “I am speaking out because the professionalism and integrity of my guys is being called into question.
“I can honestly say the close protection teams, the residential teams and bodyguards had no idea what he was doing. I never saw him seriously assaulting women.
“However, at Harrods, there were four occasions when I witnessed him putting his hands into the girls’ blouses and up their skirts.
“He told me, ‘Andre they are all prostitutes. I give them money and they give me what I want.”
Harrods has said it is “utterly appalled” by the Fayed allegations.
Fury over hostess flat romp
By Michael Hamilton
JEALOUS Mohamed Fayed sacked an air hostess and a security guard when they were caught romping — because he was sleeping with her too.
Ex-security chief Andre Steele said the Harrods boss was furious about the tryst at his Park Lane apartments.
The woman worked for his private airline Fayair and often stayed there.
Andre said: “The guy was spotted one night going into her apartment with champagne.
“He was then in there for hours. It was obvious what was going on.
“Everything was monitored at Park Lane. John MacNamara [head of investigations] sacked him. The air hostess was dismissed as well. The boss was furious and had bought her loads of gifts.”
US teen ‘rape bid’
U.S. ambassador’s daughter Melissa Price says Mohamed Fayed tried to rape her on his yacht — in an attack reported to PM Margaret Thatcher.
Aged 19, she was offered a job in 1986 at his apartments and then attacked on a “work trip” while off St Tropez.
She bit him to escape and told Mrs Thatcher at a dinner months later.
She believes it may be why Fayed was not given a British passport.