An AFL umpire who dressed as Osama bin Laden at an end-of-season function the day after this year’s grand final is banned from officiating in the opening round of next season.Leigh Haussen dressed in a costume depicting the former al-Qaeda leader – who claimed responsibility for the September 11 terrorist attacks – as part of a “characters from the 2000s” theme at a field umpires’ function in a private room at a Melbourne restaurant on September 29.

An AFL umpire has been handed a suspension after admitting to dressing up as notorious terrorist Osama Bin Laden at a grand final week function.

The AFL has been engulfed in yet another dress-up scandal with an experienced field umpire suspended for dressing as Osama bin Laden at an officials’ end-of-season function.

Umpire Leigh Haussen wore the costume at a field umpires function on the day after the AFL grand final, where the dress-up theme was “characters from the 2000s”.

An AFL official has been suspended following yet another investigation into offensive behaviour at an end-of-season function.