LEIGH GRIFFITHS, the Celtic striker, has escaped serious punishment over the signing of a song about former Hearts player Rudi Skacel.
The 24-year-old was handed a two-game suspended ban by the SFA after the player admitted to chanting Skacel was "a f***ing refugee" when in a pub with supporters of his first club Hibernian. The incident was caught on camera and made public.
Griffiths was admonished in court after pleading guilty in September, but had to attend a hearing at Hampden Park on Tuesday afternoon when a ban was a possible consequence of his actions.
However, the Scotland international's punishment is suspended until the end of this domestic season. He has also been fined £2500.
Griffiths was accused of "not acting in the best interests of association football by singing in public a song of an offensive, racist and/or discriminatory nature."
He was fined four weeks' wages by Celtic and did issue an apologise. This is a final warning to Griffiths who has a colourful past, but has cleaned up his act in more recent times.
In an earlier statement, Griffiths said: "I made a mistake. I wrongly became involved in this incident and did not fully consider my actions. I apologise unreservedly for this.
"I am pleased that the judge felt no further action was required, however this is a matter which I have absolutely learned from."
A statement from the SFA acknowledges a breach had been admitted and that; "A fine of £2500, payable within 30 days, and a two-match suspension, triggered if there is a further breach of Disciplinary Rule 77 before the end of season 2015/16."
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