Two men who swindled thousands of pounds from football fans eager to get tickets for Liverpool's 2022 Champions League final in Paris have been sentenced.
One victim paid £8,500 for top tier “category one” tickets while two other men paid £2,500 for two tickets each.
But no tickets ever materialised and the money was never returned, Liverpool Crown Court heard.
John Stuart, 42, of Jarrett Road, Kirkby, was jailed for eight months and Greg O'Neill, 41, of Beaconsfield, Prescot, was given a two-year community order for his part in the scam.
Stuart had pleaded guilty to three counts of fraud in an earlier hearing, while O’Neill admitted transferring criminal property.