Soccer star cautioned over damaged cars

The captain of a Premier League football club has admitted causing thousands of pounds of damage to cars parked near the home of his team’s arch rivals, the Crown Prosecution Service has said.

By The Newsroom

Published 28th Apr 2012, 07:00 BST

Sunderland skipper Lee Cattermole accepted a conditional caution for vandalising five vehicles parked in Stowell Street in Newcastle’s China Town.

Team-mate Nicklas Bendtner was originally also charged but the case against him was dropped.

The CPS said by accepting the caution, Cattermole would have to reimburse all those left out of pocket by his actions, costing probably more than £4,000.

A CPS spokesman said: “Through the action taken we have ensured that all of the victims in this case have been swiftly reimbursed for the damage caused by Cattermole’s irresponsible actions.”

Cattermole, 24, from Aislaby, near Yarm, Teesside, damaged the cars near Newcastle’s stadium in December during a night out.