A woman has claimed she was trafficked to the Scottish Highlands, drugged, and sexually assaulted by Salah Fayed, the brother of former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed.

The woman, who is named only as Jill, said she was working at Harrods at the time and believed she was taking part in an executive training scheme in the 1990s.

Speaking to BBC Scotland, she said she was flown on the Fayed family’s private jet to Balnagown, their estate in Easter Ross, where she was held prisoner and repeatedly assaulted. She described Fayed as a “very cruel man” who controlled almost every aspect of her life.

Hundreds of women have alleged abuse against the late Fayed brothers. More than 400 allegations of sexual misconduct have been made against Mohamed Al Fayed and other perpetrators linked to him, dating between 1977 and 2014, including sexual assault, rape, sexual exploitation and human trafficking.

The Metropolitan Police is dealing with at least 159 victims who contacted them directly, including 21 who came forward before Mr Al Fayed’s death in 2023 at the age of 94.

Salah Fayed, who died in 2010, has also been accused of sexually abusing multiple women.

Jill told the BBC she began working for Mohamed Al Fayed at Harrods in an office mostly filled with young women. She was later assigned to work for his brother Salah Fayed.

"I thought it might be better," she said. "Mohamed seemed creepy to me."

Instead, she said she was taken to Scotland twice by Salah Fayed, both times on their private jet.

"When you flew there, you flew into Inverness and their vehicles would pick you up from the airport and take you to the estate,” she said.

She alleges she was taken to Mr Fayed’s private residence on the estate, where he drugged her and assaulted her.

"The first time he forced me to take the drugs he tried to trick me into taking them," she said. "He had me locked in a room. He said 'you need to take this, it's good for you'. He lied about what it was and when I refused he screamed at me and forced me to take it.

"The drugs were part of his method of assaulting me."

She said he also controlled what she wore, ate, and who she spoke to most of the time.

"I was isolated, for most of the time," she said. "He was a very cruel man.

"He knew I had some vulnerabilities and he exploited them. He made me feel I was a terrible person."

She said she eventually managed to escape, but that she only gradually began to understand the full scale of what had happened to her.

"By the time I got away, I was very aware of what he was doing and it took some effort to get away," she said.

"I was by then aware that I could not have been the only one. I tried to raise the alarm, I tried to warn people."

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “We have enquiries ongoing into reports of offending linked to Balnagowan. Three people have been identified in connection with offending against a number of victims. Our enquiries are ongoing and it would be inappropriate to comment further.

“We know it can take years before someone feels able to report a crime. Anyone who has experienced sexual abuse or violence should report it to police. Victims should be reassured that any report will be treated seriously and subject to a robust investigation, regardless of the passage of time or status of the perpetrator.”