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Posted by Martin Williamson on 03/21/2007

French ticket tout deported

A Frenchman has been fined and sent back to France after pleading guilty to attempting to sell World Cup tickets illegally in St Lucia. He was arrested by police outside the Beausejour Stadium before the England versus New Zealand group match last Friday, and a search of his hotel room revealed a stock of more than 200 tickets for various matches in the tournament. He was fined more than £800 at Gros Islet magistrates court and deported. Ernest Hilaire, the local World Cup director, told charlierandallcricket. “He was here not because he liked cricket, but because he was a professional ticket tout."

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