Website pulls Live8 tickets auction

AN online auction site was last night forced to take down sales of Live 8 tickets from its website.

Wed, 15 Jun, 2005 - 01:00
Anita Singh

More than 100 pairs of tickets won in the text lottery were being advertised on the internet auction site and attracted bids of thousands of pounds.

Bob Geldof branded it a "disgrace" and accused the sellers of "disgusting greed", threatening to launch a British high court action against them.

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