A Celtic supporter has been banned from football after being filmed singing a sectarian song with a group of fans who ran amok at a televised league match.
Lewis Connor, 18, was made subject to a six months football banning order after a court heard he was a known figure in a group of fans called the Style Mile Vandals.
The court heard the group of 25 fans - linked to the Green Brigade - threw flares and smoke bombs, and pelted a police car with cans while their team was playing St Johnstone in the SPFL.
Connor from Paisley, admitted being a sectarian bigot by singing sectarian songs at McDiarmid Park, in Perth, on 15 May.
Fiscal depute Bill Kermode told Perth Sheriff Court: "At 7.45pm an SPFL match took place between St Johnstone and Celtic. There were 7,000 spectators and it was broadcast live on BT Sport."
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