An application for a football banning order was granted, meaning Det Con Irikefe is banned from attending any regulated football matches in the UK and must surrender his passport when asked for any away matches overseas.
He cannot go within one mile of Arsenal’s Emirates stadium, or two miles of any stadium where the England national team are playing, if they are playing four hours before and after the match, nor visit any town, city or London borough four hours before and after an away match, the force said.
Det Con Irikefe, attached to the force’s Central South Command Unit, faced a misconduct hearing on Thursday after allegations he lit and threw a pyrotechnic into the crowd at an away match in Munich while off duty on April 17 last year.
Detective Superintendent Emma Bond said: “DC Irikefe has shown an unacceptable pattern of behaviour at football matches, for anyone, let alone a police officer who should uphold the highest of standards whether on or off duty.
Detective Constable Gordon Irikefe was found to have committed gross misconduct in acts of “unacceptable” football hooliganism at Arsenal games between October 2022 and April last year, the force said.
