A MAN has been jailed after defecating in McDonald's in Belfast city centre.
Keith Crawford received a four-month sentence for his "inexcusable" actions at the restaurant on Donegall Place.
The 39-year-old, of no fixed abode, admitted charges of indecent behaviour, assault on police, common assault and resisting police.
Belfast Magistrates Court heard that Crawford had been directed to the toilets after entering McDonald's on January 21 this year.
But he defecated on the floor before reaching them.
He left at that stage, but returned later the same evening and became involved in an altercation with police called to the scene.
Crawford committed the offences within days of being released from prison, his lawyer said.
Defence barrister Chris Sherrard said his client had acted under the influence of alcohol and "deeply regrets what he did and apologises to anyone who may have had to witness his behaviour".
Crawford had "failed spectacularly" to deal with life outside prison, the court heard.
"It's fair to say the ordinary McDonald's workers are paid too low a wage to expect (them) to put up with this type of behaviour," Mr Sherrard said.
