‘You are not a man of previous good character’ – Twickenham pitch invader ‘Jarvo 69’ reportedly handed 15-month prison sentence
Twickenham pitch invader reportedly 'Jarvo 69' dished 15 month prison sentence as friend hits out at 'currupted' jury
Controversial prankster Daniel Jarvis has reportedly received a jail term of 15 months after being charged with using fake identification during his pitch invasion of Twickenham Stadium in 2022.
The 37-year-old has a history of pitch invasions. He’s caused havoc at various sporting events, not just rugby union, but rugby league, cricket, football and the Olympics closing ceremony, to name just a few.
In September 2021, during one of England’s innings, he entered a bathroom and changed into the whites of the Indian cricket team. An associate telephoned him, giving a signal to leave the bathroom and enter the field of play. He ran past the bowler, up to the crease and, ignoring the umpire, bowled a ball. Eventually colliding with English cricketer Jonathan Bairstow, bringing the match to a halt for approximately five minutes.
In fact, when sentenced in 2022, the judge at Croydon Magistrates Court told him: “You are not a man of previous good character. You are 30 years old and have been convicted on 15 occasions of 21 offences.
“On 18th December 2014 you were convicted of invading a playing area at a football match: you entered the pitch at White Hart Lane during a football match as part of a competition with two others to see who could remain on the pitch for longest; this ‘competition’ was recorded for a YouTube channel.
“You twice breached the football banning order imposed on that occasion, and you have breached other court orders. As a result of public order offences committed at the National Gallery and Tate Britain in 2016, you are no stranger to custody. Your most recent conviction, in 2019, was for being drunk on an aircraft.”
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“Victimless act not a crime”
Sharing a video on social media, Jarvis’ friend claimed: “This was a victimless act not a crime, twickeham [sic] rugby club can make out it affected them but it hasn’t, saying in court they have to brief up their security, and get runners for matches, if security was that good he wouldn’t of got in there, they have one job.”
The convicted prankster was shown on video tensing his muscles and chanting “free me, free me”.
The friend added: “This sentence is just purely because he has embarrassed a few corporations and made it look easy to sneak in, the twat moron who pushed him over on the day made out he was doing some sort of good deed and that Daniel lining up with the players was a threat and he got him out even tho [sic] we have footage of the ex cop saying he knew who he was and clearly wanted to look like the big shot, do gooder.”
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The “do-gooder” he’s referring to was a member of the security who tackled Jarvis to the ground whilst he lined up alongside the England team.
Visibly frustrated by the situation, the friend hit out at the justice system, saying: “After a currupted [sic] jury found him guilty of not using but having a fake id which they say he would of used if he had needed to in Twickenham rugby stadium, it shouldn’t of been taken into the venue and was merely a prop for the intro of the video. He was sentenced on the 27th April to 15 months, this is not the suspended sentence he recieved [sic], that was the week before, there is no mainstream press on this at all weirdly.”