A notorious YouTube prankster from Gravesend who invaded an England match wearing a Three Lions’ kit of his own has appeared in court to protest a bid by police to give him a football banning order. Finn Macdiarmid reports.
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00:00You might remember an extra player lining up for last year's Nations League clash against
00:06Ireland and that same man interrupting an England vs India cricket match and playing
00:11some inappropriate noises on BBC's Match of the Day.
00:14But did you know the pitch invading prankster is actually from Kent.
00:22Daniel Jarvis or Jarvo from Gravesend has become infamous for his sports stopping antics
00:26where he sneaks into and disrupts events.
00:29But has recently come into a legal battle after police have put in a bid to give him
00:33a football banning order, which he's protesting.
00:35They're trying to put me on a football banning order but I've not been arrested.
00:39I've just got a letter for him to say I've got to turn up today.
00:41It's supposed to be a civil matter but it's in a criminal court.
00:46The judge was actually really nice in there and that's really a change.
00:49But I get a bit paranoid because I've had a nice judge last time and then he threw the
00:54book at me.
00:55And I'm not really doing nothing wrong, I'm just making people laugh.
00:58You get a few people, oh you need to grow up and stuff like that but I'm making most
01:02people happy.
01:04If the banning order does get issued, Jarvo could be stopped from attending regulated
01:08football matches, both here in the UK and internationally.
01:11He's said he gets a buzz from what he does but found the fact he was being punished for
01:16an international match unfair.
01:18That's a different jurisdiction.
01:20Whatever I do abroad, it's not in their jurisdiction.
01:23I know they can say it's Air England's squad but if an England player punches someone on
01:31the pitch, do they get a football banning order?
01:33No, they don't.
01:34But it's not just national events he's disrupted.
01:36He's also taken credit for interrupting coverage of the BBC's Liverpool v Wolves FA Cup match
01:41back in 2023, again with more inappropriate noises.
01:45He even managed to grab a selfie with French President Emmanuel Macron while sneaking into
01:49the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics.
01:53While his protest for the potential banning order awaits a full hearing, he was given bail
01:57until then, with the conditions he shouldn't disrupt any sporting event and is banned from
02:02attending any senior men's National England football match until a final decision is made.
02:07Finn McDermid for KMTV