Ticket touts who ‘fleeced’ Ed Sheeran and Lady Gaga fans jailed

Firm run by the ‘Ticket Queen’ sold tickets worth more than £6.5m on sites including Viagogo and StubHub

Ticket touts who conspired to “fleece” fans of artists including Ed Sheeran, Liam Gallagher and Lady Gaga were jailed on Friday for operating a “fraudulent trading” scheme worth more than £6.5m.

Judge Simon Batiste sentenced four touts, who fraudulently bought and sold hundreds of tickets through a business called TQ Tickets, to up to four years in prison.