A MAN has appeared in court charged with assaulting members of the public at a McDonald’s restaurant in Ayr...and with breaching the notification requirements of the sex offenders register.

Robert Munro denied multiple allegations of assault when he appeared at Ayr Sheriff Court.

The 54-year-old is alleged to have headbutted two men and to have spat on a woman while knowing he had Hepatitis C.

The prosecution alleges that he also tried to kick the first man and to kick and punch the second and that he struck the woman on the body when he allegedly spat on her.

He is also accused of shouting, swearing, challenging others to fight and making threats at the restaurant on Whitletts Road on October 29 last year.

The Crown also claims that in a separate incident, on Wills Road in Ayr, Mr Munro shouted, swore and headbutted a police officer on November 8 and that he lashed out and struggled with police who were attempting to handcuff him.

The prosecution further claims that Mr Munro, having been made the subject of the sex offender notification requirements at Newtownards Magistrates Court in Northern Ireland, failed to notify police within three days of a change of address, and that he changed address without the prior approval of an ‘area sex offender risk management committee’.

The Crown alleges that Mr Munro failed to notify police “on a number of occasions” between October 21 and November 8 last year.

During a brief court hearing Mr Munro, who appeared without legal representation, pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him and told Sheriff Shirley Foran that he went into the restaurant “for a cheeseburger”.

Fiscal depute Craig Wainwright told the court CCTV footage of the alleged incident would be disclosed to the accused.

Mr Munro, who was described in court papers as a prisoner at HMP Kilmarnock, was returned to custody at the end of the hearing and will be brought back to court to face the charges at a later date.