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Re: Princess Diana: Mohamed Al-Fayeds’ Daughter Charged With Robbery
Princess Diana: Mohamed Al-Fayeds’ Daughter Charged With Robbery
Camilla Fayed told bodyguards to steal her brothers’ phone from the businessmans’ Surrey mansion, it is alleged
MailOnline 1 MAR 2024
Omar Fayed pictured with his father Mohamed Al Fayed
Mohamed Al Fayeds' Barrow Green Court estate in Oxted, Surrey, where the robbery is alleged to have taken place
Mohamed Al Fayeds' daughter has been charged with robbery after allegedly ordering her bodyguards to steal her brothers' phone at the tycoons' Surrey mansion.
Camilla Fayed, 39, her Syrian businessman husband, Mohamed Esreb, 43, and their close protection officers - decorated Afghanistan veteran Matthew Littlewood, 34, and Andrew Bott, 51 - are accused of conspiring to steal a £1,900 iPhone belonging to Omar Fayed.
The robbery is said to have happened in the gym of Barrow Green Court, the family's sprawling Grade-I listed estate in Oxted, Surrey.
All four defendants were charged with a single count of robbery in December after a lengthy police investigation, with the incident said to have taken place on May 18, 2020.
No pleas have been entered yet and all defendants were released on bail.
Mr Esreb appeared alone at Guildford Crown Court on Wednesday for a hearing.
He entered the dock wearing a dark shirt and trousers, where the court heard that he is yet to secure legal representation. His wife is being represented by Gudrun Young KC, a 'highly sought after barrister' whose previous clients include a number of celebrities.
Asked if he had lawyers to aid him in the case, Mr Esreb said it was between two firms he knew. Judge Patricia Lees ordered to find a solicitor by next Friday.
After abandoning a career as a fashion entrepreneur by selling her label, Issa, to House of Fraser in 2017, Ms Al-Fayed opened Farmacy, an upmarket Vegan restaurant in Notting Hill that counts Madonna and Stella McCartney among its patrons.
Corporal Matthew Littlewood, her bodyguard and co-accused, was awarded a Brigadier's Commendation for Distinguished Service for his service across three tours of Afghanistan, where he led a reconnaissance team tasked with uncovering Taliban weapons caches and capturing 'high-value targets'.
His CV says that he offers 'discreet and overt close protection and protective surveillance for an ultra high net worth family'.
It adds that he can 'easily navigate busy central London traffic', and is capable of 'liaising with high-end restaurant and club managers in London and abroad'.
Mr Al-Fayed was killed at the age of 94 by a heart attack last August on the eve of the 26th anniversary of his son, Dodi's, death alongside Diana, Princess of Wales, in a Paris car accident.
He is interred next to Dodi in a mausoleum on the Oxted estates' grounds.
Mohamed Al Fayed Funeral
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