A MAN forced takeaway staff to lock doors and windows as he made threats over his missing food order.
John Boyd twice claimed he had put in an order for KFC online and was there to collect it. And he kicked off when workers said they had nothing.
The 29-year-old is now getting his meals sitting in at HMP Glenochil.
At about 9.10pm on April 26, 2025, two workers were on duty at the KFC in Riverway Retail Park in Irvine.
They saw Boyd enter and approach the counter, saying he had placed a food order online.
Staff said they didn't have an order and couldn't help him without a receipt.
He immediately became hostile and exited while holding up his middle finger to both.
Between about 9.30pm and 9.45pm, he returned and again approached the counter, making his claim about the online order.
Staff again said there was no order. The manager asked him to leave.
Boyd focused on one of the workers and said: "I'm going to come over that counter and batter you."
He put his right foot on top of the counter and attempted to jump over.
One of the workers standing nearby intervened and put his arm out to prevent Boyd from leaping over.
He left and staff locked all doors and windows.
The man walked round to the drive-thru and said into the speaker: "'Mon out s******g."
He kept goading them to come out and fight before eventually approaching the drive-thru window.
He repeatedly banged his fist against the window and then went to the side door and tried the handle. It had already been locked.
Boyd left and police were called. On July 2, officers received CCTV and identified him.
He later pleaded guilty to shouting, swearing, acting in an aggressive and disorderly manner, uttering threats of violence, trying to climb over the counter, loitering at the premises, challenging staff to fight, and repeatedly striking the windows and trying to gain entry.
Prosecutors accepted he was not guilty of stealing a soft drink from the same KFC on May 26.
Boyd was on bail orders from Paisley and Ayr sheriff courts at the time. The latter was just four days before he kicked off.
At Kilmarnock Sheriff Court on April 20, defence solicitor Glenn Davis said his client was already serving two jail sentences imposed in April, for four months at Ayr Sheriff Court and six months at Glasgow Sheriff Court.
The earliest he will be freed is June 4. He is also still under a community payback order (CPO) from Glasgow.
Mr Davis said Boyd was "unable to assist" as to what happened on the night.
"He has no memory of this otherwise," he said. "He had consumed a vast amount of alcohol.
"Alcohol underpins nearly all of his offending. It is an ongoing battle for him."
The solicitor said Boyd was "expecting" another custodial sentence.
It took until December for the case to call at Kilmarnock before he could plead guilty to the crime.
Sheriff Morag Fraser said it was "clearly a serious matter".
"Workers within that location must have been extremely frightened and upset, and it doesn't assist your position," she added.
She jailed him for 40 days, overlapping his current sentences.
The CPO at Glasgow could restart in due course.
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