A football fan has been jailed and given a football banning order for running onto the pitch at Easter Road and confronting Rangers player James Tavernier .

Cameron Mack, 22, from Port Seton, pled guilty at Edinburgh Sheriff Court after the game on Friday, March 8, to committing a breach of the peace by approaching the 'Gers captain as he went to collect the ball for a throw-in, kicking the ball away and acting in an aggressive mannner.

Mack sparked outrage when he leapt from the stand and confronted Tavernier shortly before half time in the 1-1 draw.

Since the incident he said he was been subjected to death threats to himself and his family.

Cameron Mack ran onto the pitch and confronted James Tavernier

The case was continued until today for reports.

Defence solicitor, Eddie Wilson, told Sheriff Adrian Cottam that his client had gone to the match with his father and a family friend and they had met up with others.

Mack, he said, had had far too much to drink.

Mr Wilson said: "He told me that when he hit the fresh air he became intoxicated and remembers little or nothing about this incident".

His actions, said Mr Wilson, had had serious consequences, bringing shame to his family and anger among others.

Mack lived with his partner and two young children. There had been death threats to himself and his partner, threats of serious violence, people coming to the door and getting in touch with relatives.

Mr Wilson added: "The police advised that he, his wife and children, should leave the family home".

Cameron Mack will be banned from every football ground in Scotland

Some messages had caused extreme anxiety to his family and he was devastated at having caused it.

Mack, said Mr Wilson, apologised to the Ranger's captain and both football clubs and accepted that his actions could have led to widespread disturbances in the stadium.

He added that his client had no previous convictions of any kind and was assessed as being at low risk of re-offending.

Sheriff Cottam told Mack he fully appreciated the reaction the incident with the Ranger's captain had caused and that Mack was a first offender, but he had to consider the protection of the public.

Mr Cottam sentenced Mack to 100 days in prison, reduced from 150 for his early guilty plea, and a football banning order lasting 10 years.

Following the sentencing, Mack's partner - the mother of their one-year-old child - was in tears as he was led away.