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CELTIC bad boy Leigh Griffiths is facing the sack over his racist video shame.

Griffiths led a packed pub in a chorus of hate against former Hearts midfielder Rudi Skacel , who is Czech. He now faces the wrath of manager Neil Lennon, who warned two years ago that “any sign of any sort of racism” is a sackable offence at Celtic.

And it was unclear last night if the striker – who Lennon said on Friday was already on a final warning at the club – will now be heading for the door.

Video footage revealed yesterday by our sister paper the Sunday Mail shows the Scotland striker standing up in the packed Roseburn Bar in Edinburgh with fellow Hibernian fans and chanting: “Rudi Skacel is a f****** refugee”.

At least one Scottish football fan has been prosecuted for singing the abusive song and police yesterday launched an ­investigation into Griffiths’ behaviour, which could result in prosecution.

Sources say Griffiths, 23, who played two seasons on loan at Hibs, fears being sacked by Celtic, who only signed him from Wolves in January.

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The video was recorded before Hibs’ Edinburgh derby with Hearts last Sunday.

In it, he can be seen with his hands in the air conducting the chant before jumping up and down as others join in.

The £800,000 striker already faces SFA disciplinary action after he was filmed singing a song about Hearts’ financial ­troubles in the same bar.

Celtic fined him over the incident and had an apology accepted by Hearts.

But the new footage will cause even more embarrassment to club officials.

Last night, a source close to the player said: “Leigh didn’t really think about the consequences of his actions.

“He knows the club has a zero-tolerance policy towards racism and he’s now worried it could be game over for him.”

In 2012, Lennon declared his disgust at racism in football, saying: “We are an open club and we have been since the club was formed 125 years ago.

“I have a zero-tolerance rule. I have spoken to the players about this before.

“Any sign of any sort of racism against colour, religion, background, will be an instant sackable offence.

“I don’t have to really speak to my players about that.

“There is no place for that ­[discrimination] in the game and there never should have been.

“At this club we see everyone as equal and all I see are footballers and men and we treat them that way.”

In 2012, Dunfermline fan Andrew Irvine pleaded guilty to aggravated breach of the peace and was fined £200 for singing the Skacel refugee chant to the tune of Yellow Submarine during a match against Hearts at East End Park.

Yesterday, human rights campaigner Robina Qureshi criticised Griffiths and others seen chanting in the video.

She said: “This country is built on the back of immigrants and refugees who come to the country and put far more in than they take out of it.

“The word refugee should be regarded as a compliment.

“It refers to someone who has dared to leave everything behind, from their home and their family to everything they hold dear so they could make a better life for themselves.

“Football is supposed to have a zero-tolerance policy to this sort of thing and refugees have far more dignity and self-respect than he (Griffiths) does.”

Influential football charity Show Racism the Red Card urged Celtic to send ­Griffiths to their workshop.

Spokesman David Foster said: “We want to ­eradicate racism, bigotry and ­sectarianism in all its forms and believe the best way is through education.

“Whatever action Celtic feel they have to take is an internal matter but we hope that Leigh Griffiths will attend one of our events.

“The racist words in this song aren’t acceptable and it may be that he isn’t fully aware of the damage they cause.

“He is a role model and ­thousands of young fans look up to him.”

A Police Scotland spokeswoman confirmed they were investigating the incident. She said: “Inquiries have been initiated.”

The police inquiry follows a call by Scottish Labour’s deputy leader Anas Sarwar for officers to probe the video footage.

Sarwar said: “Intolerance and racism are not acceptable in society, the ­workplace or football.”

During his first controversial episode, Griffiths, who has four children to three women, cheered on Hibs with pals when his former team took on Hearts at Tynecastle.

He was then filmed singing about Hearts’ financial problems in a pub after the match.

The SFA charged Griffiths with a breach of Rule 86: “Not acting in the best interests of Association Football by singing in public about Heart of Midlothian FC in administration.” His case is due to be heard on April 24.

Lennon said on Friday: “We’ve all been guilty of doing daft things at times but that’s his one strike.

“I don’t want him doing any more, otherwise his career at Celtic won’t be as long as he maybe wants it to be.”

Now the apparent racial dimension to Griffiths’ behaviour – which Lennon was unaware of when issuing his warning to Griffiths – has put his career at the club in jeopardy.

Last year, he was arrested and charged over an alleged racist ­comment he made on Twitter.

Skacel, 34, who is from Trutnov, 100 miles from the Czech capital Prague, moved to Scotland in 2005.

The popular midfielder played for Hearts for a season, rejoining them in 2010 before a short stint at Dundee United in 2012-13.

He was ­unavailable for comment yesterday.

A Celtic spokeswoman said: “We will not be able to comment until this matter has been fully investigated.”