A STEWARTON man has been placed on the sex offenders register after kissing a woman on the head at a McDonald's restaurant.
Colin Merry, 44, was sentenced at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court on three separate charges earlier this week after previously pleading guilty.
He admitted sexually assaulting a woman by placing his arm around her body, pulling her into him and kissing her on the head at McDonald's at the Bellfield Interchange near Kilmarnock on July 1.
He also admitted acting in a threatening manner towards a retail worker at the Travelodge at the Bellfield Interchange on the same date.
He pleaded guilty to shouting, repeatedly banging on doors and refusing to stop when asked to do so, and repeatedly attempting to gain entry to a room.
Sentencing, Sheriff Nicola Patrick said: "This meets the threshold for custody but I am persuaded I can deal with you other than that."
He was placed on the sex offenders register and will be required to undertake 12 months of supervision by the local authority. He must also complete 180 hours of unpaid work.
Merry, of Lint Brae in Stewarton, also admitted driving a car while more than six times the alcohol limit at Crosshouse Hospital on April 25 this year.
He drove the vehicle while the proportion of alcohol in his breath was 136 microgrammes in 100ml of blood, with the legal limit 22mcg/100ml of blood.
On this offence, Sheriff Patrick said: "The level of the reading makes it an incredibly serious matter."
Merry was fined £840 and disqualified from driving for 15 months.
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