Sara Al Amoudi, who claims she is the 33-year-old
daughter of a Saudi billionaire, is being pursued by Ian Paton and Amanda
Clutterbuck, who say she duped them into signing over six flats in London’s
West End and should be forced to hand them back.
But the Court of Appeal has rejected the couple’s
plea, saying the continuing mystery about her identity – including claims she
is an African illegal immigrant – is irrelevant to their case.
A judge said there was no evidence Miss Al Amoudi
used her ‘royal’ identity to persuade Mr Paton – who she says was her secret
lover – and Miss Clutterbuck to sign over the flats, and refused to give them
leave to appeal against a ruling made last year that said she could keep the
properties.
Miss Al Amoudi, allegedly an illegal immigrant from
Ethiopia, is now free to sell or rent the multimillion-pound flats.
The Home Office has refused to comment on her case,
but there has been no sign of her being deported, despite the question marks
over her origins.
Miss Al Amoudi – who in court denied being a
prostitute or a bogus princess – said Mr Paton used the flats to repay millions
she had lent him out of suitcases stuffed with cash she was sent from Saudi
Arabia.
Outside court: Miss Al Amoudi, who claims to be a
strict Muslim, is pictured wearing her veil Regarding her identity, she had previously said she
had fled a threatened stoning to death in her homeland after finding love in
Britain in 2001.
She also said she had once been a child-bride of the
Saudi king, and in court hearings asked to be allowed to shield her face with a
veil, saying she was a strict Muslim.
But this week’s hearing was told her story was
actually a pack of lies.
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