David and Victoria Beckham's housekeeper has dismissed allegations that he and his wife stole from the couple and tried to sell the property on eBay as "fabricated nonsense".

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

There 25-year-old son Gareth Emmett was also detained by police and released on bail to appear at a police station next month.

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 boots, and then discovered the items were missing from the couple's Rowneybury House mansion in Hertfordshire.

Mr Emmett said: "What is in the papers is fabricated nonsense. Totally fabricated, 99 per cent of it is totally untrue."

A spokeswoman for eBay said the auction site is still trying to establish with Hertfordshire Police which items were involved in the allegations.

Items auctioned on the website have a clear paper trail back to the seller, she said, making it very difficult to get away with selling stolen goods.

A spokesman for the Beckhams said: "There has been an incident and the matter is in the hands of the police. I cannot comment any further."

A spokesman for Hertfordshire Police said they were investigating an allegation of theft from a private address.

He said: "Three people have been arrested over the theft. A 56-year-old woman and a 55-year-old man from Essex were arrested in Essex on Friday.

"A 25-year-old man from Essex was arrested yesterday evening. He has been bailed to a police station in Hertfordshire in November."

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