Two arrested for fraud over B&Q sportscar blaze

Police have arrested two more people in connection with the sportscar blaze which took place outside Chesterfield B&Q last month.
By The Newsroom
Published 4th Oct 2016, 17:21 BST
Updated 5th Oct 2016, 16:39 BST
Eyewitness Becky Reeve took this photo when the car was fully alight (Photo: Becky Reeve / Facebook).Eyewitness Becky Reeve took this photo when the car was fully alight (Photo: Becky Reeve / Facebook).
Eyewitness Becky Reeve took this photo when the car was fully alight (Photo: Becky Reeve / Facebook).

The two - a 27 year old woman and a 37 year old man from Nottinghamshire - were arrested over a fraud offence and have since been bailed.

The two arrests bring the total number of people arrested over the incident to four.

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A 31-year-old man and a 24-year-old man, both from Chesterfield, were arrested and released on bail on Thursday September 8.

The car was completely destroyed by the blaze.The car was completely destroyed by the blaze.
The car was completely destroyed by the blaze.

The incident - which took place on Thursday, September 1 in the B&Q car park at the Spire Walk Business Park - involved a Jaguar XK Dynamic R which, police believe, was deliberately set alight.

A police spokesperson said their investigation was ‘ongoing’.

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