A hotel manager with a foot fetish sexually assaulted female tourists who stayed at various hotels where he worked, a court heard.
Ahmed Fahmy is accused of using his senior position in hotels to rape or sexually assault five women over the past 15 years. According to the latest accusations, the 45-year-old raped and sexually assaulted two 18-year-old Norwegian tourists after they arrived back at their hotel in north London from a drunken night out.
Prosecutors alleged that the first offence, in 2008, happened when Fahmy was the manager of a Hilton Hotel in northwest London. Willesden Magistrates' Court also heard that several of the alleged offences also involved 'foot sucking'. The hotelier, who is now in custody but was living at a hotel in Golder's Green, North London, denies all the offences.
Prosecutor Jyothi Somavarapu told the court the earliest offence Fahmy is accused of relates back to 2008, whilst the latest is said to have occurred last weekend. Ms Somavarapu said: "Setting out some context for this case, these matters started in 2008.
"There was a complainant staying in a flat opposite the Watford Hilton Hotel, where the defendant was working as a manager. He asked her to remove her boots - that proceeded to him massaging her feet and trying to kiss her."
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Ms Somavarapu explained that the complainant had reported this first offence at the time and that it was still in police systems, though he was never prosecuted. "The next offence, in 2022, a lady was staying at the Sunborn Yacht Hotel," she continued.
"The defendant took her into a room at the hotel, where she was staying and he was working. It seems he sucked her toes. She had returned intoxicated and he sexually assaulted her. She provided a statement and this defendant denied the incident. In 2023, a complainant who agreed to support the investigation was working at the same hotel as him.
"He has slapped her bottom whilst she was on the stairs, and commented on her 'beautiful feet'. The next incident happened between January 19 and 20, involving two complainants. They were on holiday from Norway and were friends. Both were 18 years old. It seems they were raped and a similar pattern happened of sucking of toes whilst under the influence of alcohol.
"He has admitted intercourse with one of the females, but says it was consensual and denies sucking the complainants' feet." Fahmy appeared in the dock dressed in a red hoodie and black tracksuit bottoms and spoke to confirm his name, date of birth and address.
He denied one charge of rape and four counts of sexual assault. He told the court he was living at the Anchor Guest House in Golder's Green, where some of the offences are alleged to have taken place. He was denied bail and will next appear for a plea and trial preparation hearing at Harrow Crown Court next month.
Chris McGlinchey, representing the hotelier, said his client denied all the allegations, though admitted to having consensual sex with some of the complainants. Magistrates remanded Fahmy into custody before a hearing Crown Court next month.
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