Football: Referee suspended by FA after arrest

Greater Manchester police released a statement which read: "On Thursday 7 February 2013, a 30-year-old man answered bail in relation to an offence of computer hacking. He was further arrested on suspicion of conspiring to pervert the course of justice and has been released on bail pending further inquiries. He was arrested as part of an investigation into computer hacking and the dissemination of private information. Inquiries are continuing."

On his initial arrest last November Mohareb, who has protested his innocence, was stood down from overseeing Barnsley v Peterborough in the Championship but it is only since his latest arrest that the FA has suspended him.

According to The Guardian, the CID is investigating the alleged hacking of personal and work email accounts of the FA's former national referee manager for education and training, Janie Frampton, who was dismissed from her role after stories were published in the press alleging that she had offered FA Cup semi-final tickets to a flight steward in return for British Airways flight upgrades for herself and three female referees on a work trip.

Emails were leaked to the press over an extended period, while emails from an anonymous address were also sent to senior figures in football, including the Fifa president Sepp Blatter, calling for Frampton to be sacked. Frampton strongly denies the allegations and a tribunal hearing over her dismissal is set for later this year. The FA declined to comment on any matters relating to the arrest.