Tottenham stadium: Two men deny burglary offences during Beyonce gig

Two men have denied all burglary offences after being accused of illegally accessing a VIP area at the t the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium during a Beyonce concert last summer.

Alirza Dag and Murat Kodalakoglu, both 23, attended Wood Green Crown Court last week to plead not guilty to burglary offences. They deny ‘any intent or involvement in criminal damage'.

The alleged incident is said to have occurred during Beyonce's sixth and final show at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium last June, as part of her Cowboy Carter World Tour.

‘No intention to steal'

Both Dag and Kodalkalokglu are accused of burgling Lilywhite House, which houses administration offices at the stadium. They are also accused of cutting wires on an electronic access panel to gain entry to a balcony terrace reserved for senior executives.

In court, the pair's defence lawyers, Tetevi Davie and Anisa Kebbati, stated that their clients had no intention to steal in relation to the burglary allegations. However, Dag has admitted to criminal damage to the door access control panel. Kodalkalogkglu pleaded not guilty to this same charge.

The total cost of the damage they are being accused of causing is £1,700.

Beyonce extends her record as the artist with the MOST venues grossing over $100m now with 4

• MetLife Stadium ($134.9 million)
• Soldier Field in Chicago ($102 million)
• SoFi Stadium ($101.2 million)
• Tottenham Hotspur Stadium ($100.4M)

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— tyrant ☆▷ (@LeeLovesBey) June 17, 2025

The trial for the case will not take place until February 2030, such is the backlog in the judicial system. Due to the length of time between now and the trial, the pair have only been handed one bail condition: they must inform their solicitors of any new address or contact number within seven days.

At an earlier trial at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court, the prosecution claimed that both men had broken into the stadium ‘with intent to steal'

FGG says: Innocent until proven guilty

As per UK law, it's important to always assume the accused are innocent until proven guilty, and that remains the case here. If nothing else, it's perhaps a warning sign for the power-that-be at the Tottenham Stadium about how potentially easy it is to break into important areas of the stadium. It would not be a surprise to see new security measures implemented on the back of this case.