Wayne Rooney ordered to complete 100 hours community service over drunk driving charges

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Wayne Rooney has been ordered to complete 100 hours of community services after agreeing to the drunk-driving charges that had been placed on him.

The 31-year-old former England captain will have to wear a hi-viz orange vest emblazoned with “Community Payback” to clean up graffiti or industrial estate waste.

His lawyer Michael Rainford told the court which Rooney’s wife Coleen, 31, did not attend: “He recognises he’s let not only himself down but his family. He’s let fans down, young people who look up to him.”

Mr Rainford said Rooney accepted he “needs to show better judgment” after being caught at nearly three times the drink limit in a car with a party girl.

But District Judge John Temperley rejected pleas to just fine the £160,000-a-week star due to his charity work.

The judge said: “I’m not satisfied even a high-level fine would have the same punitive effects as a community order.”

He told Rooney: “You placed yourself and others at risk.”

The father of three tweeted after the Stockport magistrates’ court hearing: “I want publicly to apologise for my unforgivable lack of judgment driving while over the limit.

“I’ve said sorry to my family and everyone at Everton.

“Now I want to apologise to fans and everyone who has followed and supported me.

“I hope I can make amends through community service.”

Rooney, England’s record goalscorer, also wrote an apology to the judge.

A Probation Service source said: “A high-vis vest is mandatory, no matter who you are.

“It’s unlikely he could do his service in a charity shop.”

Rooney, flanked by his agent and two minders, faced fans’ cheers and jeers as he went in court.