Rooney on a roll as conviction quashed

MANCHESTER United star Wayne Rooney’s dream week continued yesterday after a court overturned a driving conviction.

The €40 million striker, who scored a hat-trick on his debut for the club on Tuesday night, had been convicted at Liverpool Magistrates Court of driving without insurance and failing to produce his licence and documents. The case was heard in his absence last Monday.

The same court yesterday overturned the convictions after Rooney’s solicitor, Nick Freeman, explained that he had sent a fax asking for an adjournment but the case had gone ahead due to an administrative error.