England and Saracens forward Billy Vunipola was convicted of assault and injuring a police officer in Mallorca, a Spanish court said Tuesday (AEST).
Vunipola, 31, appeared in court on Sunday following the episode at a bar in the island’s capital Palma in which police reportedly tasered him.
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The court said in a statement that Vunipola had caused injury to a police officer who was attempting to subdue him. He was ordered to pay 500 euros ($535) in compensation to the victim as well as a fine of 240 euros.
The court said Vunipola had been convicted of “one count of assault and a minor count of (causing) injury”.
English Premiership club Saracens said they would deal with the matter internally.
Vunipola released a statement on X,…
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