The Scottish Professional Footballers Associationn assistant secretary Fraser Wishart believed previous good behaviour worked in the player's favour.
The three mitigating factors taken into account were provocation, combat stress and previous good character.
In court he was described as being "of previous good character".
About 30 testimonials were submitted from his family and others who testified to his previous good character.
Because of his previous good record, he was still allowed to graduate & soon worked at a theatre institute.
"Easy to present you to the court as a citizen of previous good character who got in over his head.
This culture corrupted and debased, to varying degrees, these defendants, all of whom are of previous good character," he added.
There was no forensic evidence to link Hallam to the scene and he was of previous good character.
She said a final warning was appropriate given the previous good character of the two youths involved.
James Sturman QC had argued Chaytor should receive some leniency because he was a man of previous good character and high reputation who had made a "regrettable" and "stupid" error.
