A football fan cleared of a pitchside assault on Celtic manager Neil Lennon has been jailed for eight months for a breach of the peace at the match and handed a five-year football banning order.
John Wilson, 26, was accused of a sectarian attack on the football boss as his side played Hearts in a game at Edinburgh's Tynecastle Stadium on 11 May.
A jury at Edinburgh Sheriff Court last month found the charge against the unemployed labourer was not proven.
The verdict came despite Wilson telling the court that he had lunged at Lennon and struck him on the head in an incident he claimed was not of a sectarian nature.
Celtic said the acquittal was "difficult to comprehend".
Hearts fan Wilson, from Edinburgh, was convicted of carrying out a breach of the peace during the game, after the jury deleted an allegation that the offence was aggravated by religious prejudice.
