The girlfriend of Bryan Ferry’s son Otis has been arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of justice.

Francesca Nimmo, 22, was arrested by Gloucestershire Police at 7am yesterday at her home in Lower Bodington, Northamptonshire.

Otis Ferry, 26, is currently in Gloucester Prison awaiting trial for perverting the course of justice.

He is suspected of trying to influence a witness in his original case of assault and robbery.

Nimmo, a student at the Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester, was arrested along with Countryside Alliance official Adrian Simpson, 53, at his home in Haverfordwest, Dyfed, West Wales.

Ferry appeared at Cheltenham Magistrates’ Court in May when it was alleged that he stole camera equipment from two women who were monitoring the Heythrop Hunt near Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, in November 2007.

He denies all charges.

Nimmo and Simpson have both been granted bail until January 28.

A spokesman for Gloucestershire Police today said: “A 22-year-old woman from Lower Bodington, Northamptonshire, was arrested at her home address by Gloucestershire Police at around 7am on Friday November 14 on suspicion of perverting the course of justice in relation to an ongoing court case.

“A 53-year-old man from Haverfordwest, Dyfed, was also arrested this morning by Gloucestershire Police at his home address on suspicion of perverting the course of justice and was taken to Haverfordwest Police Station.”