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A follow up to the earlier story about Wayne Rooney's driving conviction. A couple of days after the original hearing, the BBC posted news that the conviction had been quashed. Apparently, Master Rooney's lawyers had faxed an adjournment request to the court but it got misplaced and the case went ahead in his absence. After the error was pointed out and Rooney's documents were produced, the prosecution agreed to take no further action and the case was dropped. What the case has revealed, however, is that there would appear to be some truth in the widely-held belief that modern footballers are capable of nothing further than 1) buying bling; 2) snorting coke; and 3) smiling for Hello, with the revelation that players' documents are often kept by their agents, presumably because they can't be trusted to look after their own driving licences!

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English football’s latest golden boy – you know, the tubby scouser – seems to have past a crossroads in his life. Unfortunately (or not, depending on your point of view) he appears to have selected Best Avenue rather than Lineker Street. Hot on the heels of his daliances with Merseyside’s more mature, ahem, entertainment providers, comes the story from the BBC that he has shown contempt to the local rozzers by failing to comply with a “producer” and turn up at the local nick with his licence and insurance documents, having been stopped whilst cruising Shellsuit City in his Beemer. To compound his misdemeanour, he then failed to turn up in court and was found guilty in his absence. He’s due back on October 4th for sentencing, and it’s a fairly safe bet that the beaks will take a dim view of his earlier no-show.

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