A 22-year-old student has withdrawn claims that England footballer Wayne Rooney assaulted him in a nightclub brawl, police said today.
Police launched an investigation into allegations that the Manchester United striker assaulted Patrick Hanrahan in the early hours of March 22 after the student taunted him in Manchester’s Tiger Tiger nightclub.
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