The couple accused of bringing him to the UK illegally using another child s identity could face a Scotland Yard investigation after the Met said its detectives are assessing the allegations.
The Met, which previously said it was assessing the situation, tonight confirmed that specialist officers have opened an investigation into claims made by the athlete in a BBC documentary.
The Olympic champion revealed in The Real Mo Farah how he was brought to the UK from Somalia illegally, having assumed the name of another child, after his father was killed in the civil war.