Man jailed over tickets

PRETORIA – A Nigerian man has been sentenced to three years in prison by a World Cup-dedicated court in South Africa for being in unlawful possession of 30 match tickets.Police said Kunle Benjamin was sentenced on Wednesday after he “could not give a satisfactory explanation” why he had the tickets in his possession.Benjamin was stopped in his car in the South African capital Pretoria when police noticed him driving “erratically”.Police said in a statement yesterday that a magistrate at the World Cup court convicted Benjamin of possessing stolen property. He was incarcerated without the option of a fine.Police say FIFA discovered the tickets had been bought by two men on the Internet, but their addresses could not be verified.“This is yet again an example of the effectiveness of having dedicated teams . . . to deal with World Cup-related offences,” the police statement said. (AP)