The committee viewed photos and footage showing Durante's hand reaching out to Berisha while he was on the ground receiving medical treatment after being knocked on the head during an aerial contest.
Berisha told the tribunal as he lay on the ground in a "dizzy" and sore state receiving a concussion test by the club doctor, Durante approached him and moved his boot onto his hip and his hand to his throat.
"He moved close to my hip with his boot and he said 'You have nothing wrong, stand up', and he kept pushing at my hip," Berisha said.
"He was pushing down on my throat and I couldn't even talk to the doctor."
While unable to confirm any contact with Berisha's throat - as denied by Durante - the committee agreed it was Durante's intention to bait Berisha into reacting, which they said was out of order.
However the committee chairman also warned the feisty Albanian forward he also needed to rein in his own behaviour.
"You've had the benefit tonight of a favourable hearing, and you should be aware that opposing players do wish to provoke you ... you need to take that on board very carefully," chairman John Marshall SC said.
Berisha made assurances he would "try to be a good role model to the Australian people".
-AAP
