Wolves star Leigh Griffiths fined for fracas in Tesco store

The 23-year-old had been charged with stealing and assaulting an employee in the Meadow Place Road branch in Edinburgh. But at a hearing at Edinburgh's Justice of the Peace Court in Edinburgh, his not guilty pleas were accepted. Griffiths admitted shouting and swearing and struggling with staff.

At the time of the incident on January 26, 2013, Griffiths had been playing for Scottish Premier League side Hibernian on loan from Wolves.

He always denied the charges and at the time of his arrest he took to Twitter to write: "Got taken to the back, asked about it, looked on CCTV and I was away, simple as that!"

Defence solicitor Kathleen More told the court that on the day, the player had been due to catch a team bus at 3pm to travel to Aberdeen.

He went into the Tesco store at 2.45pm and collected water and juice for the journey.

"He purchased these items and then made to leave the shop," she said.

"As a result of a misunderstanding, when he tried to leave the shop he was stopped by a member of security."

The solicitor said: "Fearing he was going to miss the bus, he overreacted."

Justice Robin Vaughan said he accepted that there had been a large degree of misunderstanding.

However, he said: "That does not excuse you losing your temper, swearing and struggling with the shop staff."

He fined Griffiths £100, to be paid by September 19.

After his sentence, the star took to Twitter via his @Leighgriff09 account to write: "Glad to see justice was done today. #notguilty from the beginning.

"Took a lot of stick for it but I knew it was the truth."

On Friday night he then helped Wolves in the team's 2-1 win over Crawley Town, netting an injury-time penalty and taking the club to the top of League One.

In January, Hibernian said they would take disciplinary action against the player following a tweet that was criticised by anti-racism campaigners.