Footballer charged with assault after airport arrest

A footballer has been charged with actual bodily harm in relation to an alleged assault on 14 December.

Former AFC Bournemouth player Jordon Ibe, 30, was arrested at Luton Airport on 30 January and taken into custody, according to the Metropolitan Police.

The right winger, from Chislehurst, south-east London, was released on bail and will appear at Croydon Magistrates' Court on 6 March.

Ibe made 41 appearances for Liverpool after first joining in 2012, before spells at Derby County, Birmingham City and 78 appearances for AFC Bournemouth between 2016 and 2020.

The former England under-21 international now plays for Lokomotiv Sofia in the Bulgarian First League, the highest in the Balkan country.

In the last two years, he had been playing non-league football before securing the move to the Bulgarian capital in November 2025.

Additional reporting by PA

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