New arrests in Dome fraud inquiry

Fraud investigators are pursuing four Dome enquiries

Two people have been arrested over allegations of fraud at the Millennium Dome.

A man and a woman in their 30s were detained in Liverpool, bringing to six the number of arrests over suspected fraud at the Dome.

Property was also seized from two homes and a business in the city's Wavertree area in a joint operation between Merseyside Police and Scotland Yard.

The two were released on bail to return in June.

The controversy centres on lighting contracts

The allegations are believed to concern a south east London lighting company and its relationship with the New Millennium Experience Company (Nmec) which awarded Dome contracts.

Last autumn four people were arrested and bailed to return to police stations later this year.

They included a man and a woman, also from Wavertree, a woman in her 60s from West Yorkshire and a man in his 30s from south east London.

Four separate Dome enquiries are being pursued by the fraud squad involving contracts totalling tens of millions of pounds.