LIVERPOOL manager Brendan Rodgers had a conviction relating to a rundown Accrington house he co-owned overturned, it was revealed yesterday.

The Anfield supremo was taken to court by Hyndburn Council in December 2013, where he was found guilty of ignoring an improvement notice alongside his business partner Judith O’Hagan, both then of Ballyscullion Road, Toombridge, Northern Ireland.

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The pair had been ordered to replace windows, doors, and the roof at 21 Edmund Street, and to remove rubbish.

They were both fined £400 and ordered to pay £375 costs.

However, the council yesterday said Mr Rodgers’ conviction had been quashed because he never received the court summons.

A council spokesman said: “Head of regeneration and housing Mark Hoyle confirmed Brendan Rodgers and Judith O’Hagan were convicted in their absence of failing to comply with a notice served on them by the council.

“However, the case against them both was overturned at Blackburn Magistrates’ Court on April 28, 2014, in the case of Brendan Rodgers, and on July 9, 2014, in the case of Miss O’Hagan, as neither Mr Rodgers or Miss O’Hagan had received the court summons.”

It is not known what, if any, action the council later took to see the property improved.

Former deputy leader of Hyndburn Council Clare Pritchard told the Lancashire Telegraph at the time of Mr Rodgers now-overturned conviction: “We take a tough line on people who fail to bring their properties into repair. This strong enforcement policy will play a part in regenerating the area.”

The average property value in Edmund Street is £50,830, according to Zoopla, although ongoing plans to renovate and refurbish 131 homes in the area is likely to see that figure rise.