Cristiano Ronaldo was cautioned by police over the video of him slapping a phone out of a young Everton fan’s hand at a match last season.
Police said the Manchester United forward voluntarily attended a police interview and the matter has been dealt with by way of a conditional caution.
After United suffered a 1-0 defeat at Goodison Park on April 9, the Portuguese star appeared to smash the phone out of 14-year-old Jacob Harding’s hand before disappearing from view.
Harding’s mother said her autistic son could not sleep afterwards.
After the incident, the Portuguese star, who voluntarily attended a police interview, issued a social media apology for his “outburst” and invited the young fan involved to watch a game at Old Trafford “as a sign of fair play and sportsmanship”.
