text: Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers had his conviction for neglecting a rental property quashed, it has emerged. The Anfield boss was fined at Blackburn Magistrates' Court for leaving a £69,950 terrace house in Accrington, Lancashire, with broken windows and doors and rubbish strewn across the garden. The court confirmed the conviction when approached yesterday. However, Hyndburn Borough Council, which took the action, said in a subsequent statement that both Rodgers and co-owner Judith O'Hagan had their case overturned at a later hearing. Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers was convicted of leaving a property in Accrington to rot, but subsequently had his conviction overturned because he did not receive a summons . Rodgers was originally  told to fix the windows, doors and roof, and to remove the rubbish from the garden . Mark Hoyle, Head of Regeneration and Housing, said: 'Brendan Rodgers and Judith O’Hagan were convicted in their absence of failing to comply with a notice served on them by the council pursuant to s79 Building Act, contrary to S 99 of that Act. 'However the case against them both was overturned under section 14 Magistrates Courts Act 1980 at Blackburn Magistrates Court on the 28th April 2014 in the case of Brendan Rogers, and on the 9th July 2014 in the case of Miss O’Hagan, as neither Mr Rodgers or Miss O’Hagan had received the court summons.' The pair had been ordered to fix the windows, doors and roof, and to remove the rubbish, but the house was left to rot. Both Rodgers and O'Hagan, who bought the property in August 2007, were absent when found guilty at Blackburn Magistrates' Court. They were ordered to both pay a £400 fine and £375 costs, with a £40 surcharge. The house is located in an area of Accrington which is undergoing a £13million regeneration project to sort out over 200 derelict empty properties. An improvement notice, as served to Rodgers and O'Hagan, requires a landlord to carry out work to deal with a hazard associated with a property. If the landlord does not do the work, or 'reasonable progress' is not made, the local authority can carry out work itself and claim the costs back from the landlord. They were convicted in December 2013 of failing to comply with an enforcement notice under Section 79 of the Building Act 1984. Rodgers is also believed to own properties in London, near his former club Reading, and in Northern Ireland. Rodgers  has a contract with Liverpool until 2018. Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article.
target: Brendan Rodgers was found guilty in his absence of ignoring a notice to improve a property he co-owns in Accrington, Lancashire .
  House had broken windows and doors with rubbish strewn across a yard .
  But Rodgers and business partner Judith O'Hagan had their convictions quashed after court heard they did not receive a summons .