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CELTIC striker Leigh Griffiths has been given a two game suspended sentence by the SFA and fined £2,500 for singing an offensive song about Rudi Skacel.

The Scotland hitman made a personal appearance in front of a judicial panel at Hampden today after pleading guilty to the charge at Edinburgh Sheriff Court earlier this month.

Griffiths was charged by former SFA compliance officer Vincent Lunny for “not acting in the best interests of association football by singing an offensive song."

The SFA decided not to act further on the incident, which dates back to March 2014, until after the case had followed its legal process.

Griffiths was captured on images and video, shared on social media, singing the offensive lyrics to the tune of ‘Yellow Submarine’ with Hibs fans outside the Roseburn Bar, near Tynecastle.

A large number of Hibs fans had gathered waiting for the opening of the bar before the Edinburgh derby. The court heard the song contained the lyrics that former Hearts rival Skacel was ‘a f*****g refugee’.

Griffiths was fined four weeks’ wages by Celtic for his involvement in the incident, but was admonished by Sheriff Scott after admitting his guilt.

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Griffiths has accepted the sentence from the SFA. The two games are suspended until the end of the season and he will not miss any of his club’s forthcoming fixtures.