Rooney could pick up litter as part of drink-drive community service

Millionaire Wayne Rooney could be ordered to don a high-viz orange vest and pick up litter as part of the £150,000-a-week footballer’s court-orderedpunishmentfor drink-driving.

Other “community payback” sentences include removing graffiti from walls and even maintaining park football pitches.

The former England and Manchester United captain was caught driving a woman’s Volkwagen Beetle in the early hours of 1 September when he was nearly three times the legal limit. 0 Wayne Rooney faces ‘community payback’ order

Admitting the offence yesterday at Stockport Magistrates’ Court, Rooney, 31, of Prestbury, Cheshire, conceded he had let his family and himself down “very badly” and had also disappointed his fans as he received a two-year driving ban. He apologies for an “unforgivable lack of judgement”.

His legal team had asked District Judge John Temperley to considerwhetherimposingan additional community order would be “proportionate” as they highlighted his charitable work and the “unbelievable” media focus on him and his family since the incident. But after hearing that Rooney was likely to be fined two weeks’ wages by his current employers, Everton FC, the judge said he was “not convinced” that a large financial penalty from the court would have the “same punitive effect”.