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A teenage McDonald's worker was left "shocked and upset” after a customer who ordered a double sausage and egg McMuffin then exposed his penis to her.

Guesthouse owner Stephen Gillam told Gardai that he exposed himself to the girl at the driv-thru in Ennis, in Ireland, “for the thrill of it and to see the reaction of the lady”.

Mr Gillam, 44, of Doolin ordered a Double Sausage Meal with extra hash brown, extra sausage and milk on on June 7.

The 44-year-old placed his breakfast order from his black Opel car to a member of staff at the drive-thru.

Due to the size of the order, he was asked to park further along the line and wait for the staff member to bring him his food.

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Insp Kennedy said that when the 19-year-old female member of staff went out to give Mr Gillam his food at around 9.50am, “he had the zip of his trousers open and had his penis exposed to her in the car.”

He added that the worker was shocked and upset at what she had seen and reported the incident to her manager.

The officer said that Mr Gillam has no previous convictions but has come to the attention of the Gardai, reports the Irish Mirror.

In the case, Mr Gillam pleaded guilty to engaging in threatening or abusive behaviour under the Public Order Act.

Judge Patrick Durcan described the incident as ‘very bad’ adding “the effect it had on the girl was absolutely shocking”.

Judge Durcan said that it was “an unusual case”.

However, Mr Gillam walked away from court without any criminal sanction after Judge Durcan said that he would be strike out the case if Mr Gillam paid €1,500 (£1,356) into the court Poor Box.

Judge Durcan said that he was making this order due to the early guilty plea, Mr Gilliam’s age and having no previous convictions, his co-operation with Gardai and the DPP bringing a public order charge in relation to the incident.

Solicitor for Mr Gillam, John Casey said that the charge before the court was “very, very serious”.

Mr Casey that Mr Gillam wished to apologise to the girl and wished her no harm whatsoever.

He said: “This wasn’t a crime with a sexual intent or of a sexual nature. It was a crime designed to cause shock and embarrassment to the individual involved.”

However, in reply, Judge Durcan said: “I don’t follow and I cannot accept that there is no sexual aspect to this.”

Mr Casey said Mr Gillam was taking part in a fad where people engage in outlandish and bizarre behaviour in order to shock or scare others where they have been ‘punked’.

He said: “This incident has caused Mr Gillam great embarrassment and he hasn’t slept since. Nothing like this will ever, ever re-occur.

“He is not trying to downplay what he did and accepts the stress that it would have caused to this girl.”

Mr Casey said: “He now finds himself here today in a very embarrassing and fraught situation. This would have occurred mid-morning and wasn’t late at night when the property would have been deserted.”

Judge Durcan adjourned the case to November 23rd for the payment of the €1,500.