Man Utd news: Fans mock Romelu Lukaku after Belgian is ordered to pay £340 fine
MANCHESTER UNITED striker Romelu Lukaku has been ordered to pay a £340 fine to Beverly Hills police and football fans have taken great delight at the small sum he must fork out.
Romelu Lukaku will avoid the prospect of jail time by compensating police in Los Angeles for their repeated call-outs over loud parties in the summer.
Police said they arrested the 24-year-old after responding to five noise complaints in as many days at a Beverly Hills residence where he was staying.
The parties were held while Lukaku was on the verge of a £75million transfer to the Old Trafford club from Everton.
The Manchester United striker will pay 450 US dollars (£340) to reimburse the force as part of a deal that will see the charge reduced from a misdemeanour which could have carried six months in jail, a Los Angeles court was told on Tuesday.
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Commissioner Jane Godfrey, overseeing the case, said: "They are reaching a disposition in this case that the first thing that must happen is the defendant must pay Beverly Hills Police Department 450 dollars for multiple response calls."
The city will then reduce the charge to a disturbance of the peace infraction, which carries a 100 dollar (£76) fine plus other costs and penalties, she said.
As a misdemeanour, the charge would have carried the maximum sentences of six months in county jail or a 1,000 dollar (£760) fine, the commissioner added.
James Eckart, for the city, and Lukaku's lawyer Robert Humphreys accepted the arrangement.
And football fans have seen the funny side of the fine that has been handed to the Belgian - who currently pockets around £250,000 a week.
One football fan said on social media: “Bet Romelu Lukaku will be setting up a JustGiving page so that he can pay off that enormous £340.00 fine. #PrayForLukaku.”
One fan tweeted: “Romelu Lukaku ordered to pay £340 to BHPD for a noise complaint in the summer. Well that’s him not getting a pack of space raiders and a dip dab this weekend!”
Another said: “Romelu Lukaku fined £340 for noise complaints, bet he's gutted now 100% skint for the rest of the month.”
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