32 Facts About Farah Damji

In 2016, Damji was described by The Sunday Times as "a notorious conwoman," and by other newspapers as "London's most dangerous woman" in 2021.

Farah Damji was born in Uganda in 1966 to a multi-millionaire property developer Amir Farah Damji and moved with her family to London in 1970.

Farah Damji is the niece of journalist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown ; who refers to her niece's childhood in her autobiography No Place Like Home.

Farah Damji has a borderline personality disorder and suffered addictions to cocaine and alcohol.

Between 1993 and 1995 Farah Damji ran an art gallery in Manhattan and East Hampton.

Farah Damji gave the landlord a cheque she had received for $20, which she had altered to $20,000; when the cheque bounced the landlord obtained an eviction order and seized her belongings.

Farah Damji then forged the signature of the judge assigned to the case and amended the order so that she could get her belongings back.

In October 1995 Farah Damji was sentenced to six months in Rikers Island prison, in New York, for those crimes and other crimes related to her art gallery: five counts of grand larceny, possession of a forged instrument, and altering official records.

Farah Damji was ordered to pay $72,000 to her major victims and given four years' probation.

Farah Damji then went to South Africa; there, she committed further financial crimes, for which she was deported.

Farah Damji then returned to the United Kingdom where, in 2002, she founded and became the publisher and editor of the lifestyle magazine Another Generation.

Farah Damji was arrested for that, and then released on bail.

Farah Damji was arrested for that, and then released on bail again.

However, before the trial Farah Damji telephoned the main prosecution witness and, pretending to be from the Crown Prosecution Service, she told the witness that he did not need to attend court; consequently the witness did not turn up and the trial had to be adjourned.

On 14 May 2005 Farah Damji was arrested, and this time bail was refused.

Farah Damji pleaded guilty to six counts of theft, 11 counts of obtaining property or services by deception, and two counts of perverting the course of justice.

Farah Damji was sentenced to three and a half years in prison.

Farah Damji was temporarily released from Downview Prison, on 22 July 2006 to attend a meeting with her Open University tutor, but did not return as required that same day.

Weeks after she was released from prison, Farah Damji began committing further frauds.

On 29 January 2010, Farah Damji was sentenced to 15 months in prison.

Farah Damji claimed to have established a "heroes center" to help former soldiers and servicemen who ended up in prison.

An investigation by The Sunday Times found that the center did not exist and concluded that Farah Damji's aim was "to take advantage of [the government's] fund for prisoner rehabilitation schemes".

In September 2013 Farah Damji founded the company Coming Home ; she claimed that the company would assist young women in finding employment.

On 19 August 2016 Farah Damji was imprisoned for five years, after being found guilty of three counts of stalking.

Farah Damji had been originally charged with one count of stalking, on 9 January 2014.

Farah Damji had stalked under the name Farah Dan and other aliases.

Dalrymple notified the British police, but no criminal charges could be made because the alleged stalking occurred when Farah Damji followed Dalrymple to India, and so was outside British jurisdiction.

In September 2017, while imprisoned at Bronzefield Prison, Farah Damji filed a Request for Information with the Ministry of Justice.

In February 2018, Farah Damji appealed the Ministry's decision to the Information Commissioner's Office.

On 19 October 2018 Farah Damji appeared in court accused of breaching a restraining order.

In June 2021 Farah Damji commenced legal proceedings against the National Health Service, arguing that they had failed adequate mental health services to her while she was imprisoned.

Farah Damji had argued that mental health services in UK prisons were "inadequate" for her needs and commenced an appeal against her extradition.