A MAN who was cautioned for causing criminal damage at Rick Stein’s in Sandbanks is believed to have paid the restaurant thousands of pounds in compensation.

Police were called to a disturbance at the Banks Road restaurant in Sandbanks around 6pm on Sunday evening.

Eyewitnesses claim a man picked up a stool and threw it over the bar in a fit of rage.

The Echo understands that the damage was caused by a businessman who has paid the restaurant thousands of pounds in compensation.

A spokesman for Rick Stein’s told the Echo in an email the matter was “sensitive information”. The parties believed to be involved in the disturbance have also refused to comment.

A 54-year-old man was arrested and cautioned for criminal damage.