Jailed Irish pair seek release as ticket-touting scandal enters its third week

Both Irishmen being held in prison in Rio de Janeiro will petition the courts to be released as the Olympic touting scandal enters its third week.

Lawyers for Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) boss Patrick Hickey, 71, and Kevin James Mallon, 36, an executive of ticketing firm THG Sports, will request they be able to “respond at liberty’ to the criminal charges they are facing.

Franklin Gomes, a Sao Paulo-based lawyer for Mr Mallon, said: “We are putting all our efforts into getting him released from prison immediately.”