FORMER Scotland striker Garry O’Connor has been fined £200 and ordered to pay £700 compensation to Harvey Nichols after admitting stealing clothing from the company’s store in Edinburgh.
O’Connor, 33, of North Berwick, pleaded guilty at Edinburgh Justice of the Peace Court to stealing a quantity of clothing from the store in St Andrew Square on November 25 last year.
His defence solicitor, Colm Dempsey, told JP Hilary Cochran that his client was currently unemployed and was supported by his wife. Mr Dempsey said the theft had been “unsophisticated” and O’Connor “bitterly regretted the incident”.
Justice Cochran told O’Connor the fine would be £200, reduced from £300 because of the early plea, and she also ordered him to pay Harvey Nichols £700 compensation for a stolen jacket that had not been recovered. The money is to be paid at £100 a month commencing on March 14.
O’Connor scored 46 goals while playing for Hibernian before being transferred to Lokomotiv Moscow for £1.6 million in 2006 and then to Birmingham City for £2.7m the following year. Most recently he was player/manager at Lowland League side, Selkirk.
He played 16 times for Scotland.
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