Electric Picnic tickets scam

A man who allowed his bank account to be used in a Electric Picnic tickets scam is to be sentenced in January.

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that one of the women who was duped later wrote a song about it and posted it on YouTube. The video became a hit and led to her receiving free tickets to the Electric Picnic event.

Jonathan McLoughlin, aged 34, of Sheephill Park, Blanchardstown, Dublin pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to aiding and abetting an unknown person in the commission of an offence of deception in August 2013.