Third Arrest Over Beckham 'Theft'

Oct 15, 2008
Authorities have arrested a third person in connection with an alleged theft of items from Victoria and David Beckham's British home.

Two former housekeepers at the couple's Hertfordshire mansion -- dubbed Beckingham Palace by the British media -- were taken into police custody on Monday.

And officers have also quizzed another man as part of the investigation.

The probe centers on allegations that personal items belonging to former Spice Girls singer Victoria and her soccer player husband, David, were put up for sale on eBay.com.

They were said to include designer clothes, sportswear and a pair of David's football boots.

The two former housekeepers held by police have been named as Eric Emmett and his wife, June, from Essex, England. The couple has hit back at reports that they were involved in the items' sale on eBay.

Eric Emmett tells the BBC, "What is in the papers is fabricated nonsense. Totally fabricated, 99 percent of it is totally untrue."

The Emmetts have been released on bail until November 22. The third person, a 25-year-old man, also from Essex, was released on bail and is due to return to a Hertfordshire police station in November.

Source: SF Gate