Legal Question in Employment Law in United Kingdom

I was made dismissed earlier this month, it wasn't really that fair, but I have no grounds to stand on due to the length of employment was just under 3 months.

What is more angry is that they have withheld my last month's wage, not letting me know before the pay day, only to find out on the pay day itself.

My job title was e-commerce coordinator. They wrote to me in the end to say the reason they are withholding my salary is because they are investigating a serious of incidents which "may" involved me accessing their website and made changes to their business and in a result they suffered substantial financial loss.

Now my feeling is that something has gone wrong and they are left with a gut feeling it was something to do with me.

However, they quoted in their letter a term from the staff handbook, which says...

"In case where the company has suffered a loss of money, stock or other goods that is found to be attributable to you, the company reserves the right to deduct the equivalent money or value of these goods from any outstanding salary due"

Now my argument is, currently they are saying that I "may" be involved, so that is not "found" to be?

So do they really have the right to hold my salary, when they have no evidence to confirm it is me while the investigation is still in progress, as stated in their letter.

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