13/11/2006

Rooney to be questioned over brawl reports

Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney is to be questioned by police in relation to reports of a fight outside a nightclub.

The 21-year-old England international is to be interviewed by Greater Manchester Police following allegations that a photographer was assaulted outside the Panacea nightclub in Manchester on October 15.

A spokesperson for the GMP said: "An appointment will be made for a 21-year-old man to attend a Greater Manchester Police station to be questioned in connection with an incident on John Dalton Street on Sunday, October 15.

"Shortly after 5:05am on October 15, police received a report that a man had been assaulted on John Dalton Street in Manchester city centre."

The spokesperson said that the man did not require medical treatment and stressed that Rooney had not been arrested. Inquiries into the incident were continuing, the spokesperson said.

(KMcA)


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