Cops quiz Beckham staff over eBay sale

‘I did not steal boots’, says housekeeper

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DAVID and Victoria Beckham’s housekeeper said today allegations that he and his wife stole from the couple were “fabricated nonsense”.

Eric and June Emmett were arrested on suspicion of theft on Friday and released on police bail.

The couple’s son, Gareth Emmett, 25, was also arrested and released on bail.

Suspicions were raised when memorabilia belonging to the former England captain and his pop star wife apparently appeared on the eBay auction site.

According to reports, former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham’s parents Tony and Jackie Adams spotted some of their daughter’s designer clothes on offer to bidders, along with the footballer’s worn boots, and then discovered the items were missing from the couple’s Rowneybury House mansion in Hertfordshire.

When Mr Emmett answered the door at his Essex home today, he said: “What is in the papers is fabricated nonsense. Totally fabricated – 99% of it is totally untrue.”

Asked for his response to the arrest of his son, Eric Emmett said: “I cannot comment on that.”

And when questioned over how the eBay site could be traced to his address, Eric Emmett said: “It doesn’t involve myself, that is for sure.”

A spokeswoman for eBay said they were still trying to establish with police which items were involved in the allegations.

“Anyone stupid enough to try to sell anything that is not 100% legitimate makes a big mistake when they try to do it on our site,” she added.