Sting pays Police bandmates Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland more than £500,000 in royalties

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Mark Savage,music correspondentand

Lizo Mzimba,culture correspondent

Getty Images Andy Summers, Sting and Stewart Copeland in an alleyway in Japan in 1981 - they are wearing winter clothing, jackets and scarfs. Sting is the only one looking at the cameraGetty Images

The Police, pictured on tour in Japan in 1981, from left to right: Andy Summers, Sting and Stewart Copeland

Sting has paid his former bandmates in The Police more than half a million pounds after acknowledging underpaying royalties, court documents show.

In a filing in London’s High Court, the musician’s lawyers said Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland received a payment of “over $800,000” after they launched legal proceedings last year.

The three musicians are arguing over royalties to songs such as Roxanne and Every Breath You Take.

Summers and Copeland contend that they are owed more than $2m (£1.5m)…

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