Hibs star Ryan Porteous has been convicted of throwing a plastic tumbler in a pub which caused a cut to a woman’s head.
The 23-year-old defender appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Friday and pled guilty to the charge.
The player admitted culpably and recklessly throwing the tumbler which struck Siobhan Brett to her injury.
The incident took place outside Woodburn Miners Club in Dalkeith, Midlothian, on February 20 this year.
Sheriff Edward Gilroy fined Porteous £320 and ordered him to pay Siobhan £200 in compensation.
We told previously how Porteous was part of a group later that night who stole a woman’s tribute to her mum who died from dementia.
The defender was caught on camera as a man entered a garden to take the homemade wreath not far from the miner’s club.
On Friday the court heard Porteous had thrown the plastic tumbler which hit the victim on the head causing a small cut.
Defence agent Mark Harrower said his client had not acted deliberately to strike Siobhan.
Porteous had been banned from entering Woodburn Miners Club as part of his bail conditions.
Porteous made his debut for the Easter Road first team during the 2017/2018 season and earned a first call-up for Scotland’s senior squad in 2019.
In February we told how the wreath was stolen in the early hours of a Sunday morning after Porteous and pals drank in the miners’ club.
The devastated homeowner managed to trace the memorial after she used social media and published a security camera image of Porteous and his pals.
A local contacted the woman and identified the Easter Road idol. She was also told the wreath had been dumped outside a nearby Aldi. She found it damaged and her mum’s brooch, which was placed in the centre, was missing.
It is understood the culprit asked to call the woman to apologise after she contacted Porteous on Facebook.
Porteous had earlier played in Hibs’ 2-0 victory over Ross County at Easter Road.
He then headed to Dalkeith Miners Club, which is known locally as the Woodburn Club, with friends. The central defender was identified as being part of a group of men seen outside the woman’s home after she posted an image on Facebook.
She wrote: “Who is this person? He thought it OK to come into my garden ... early this morning and steal my wreath. I want it back or I’m going to report you.”
She then edited the post to say the it had been returned.
