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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Jonathan Humphries

Liverpool ticket tout jailed after flying to Qatar World Cup

A convicted Liverpool ticket tout ignored a court order and flew to the Qatar World Cup to make quick cash.

Stuart O'Brien, 48, had originally been arrested alongside two other suspects on February 1, 2020, outside Anfield stadium. He was in possession of £1,300 cash and Liverpool FC season tickets, ahead of a match between the Reds and Southampton FC.

He was convicted for touting and handed a five-year fooball banning order at Sefton Magistrates' Court in February 2021. Merseyside Police said as part of that order he was required to surrender his passport ahead of the Qatar World Cup in November last year.

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