A FRIGHTENED worker at a Beaudesert sandwich store barricaded herself inside the restaurant yesterday after a naked man took refuge in an outdoor dining area.

The man – who appeared to have brought in the new year with too much revelry – was spotted taking a naked stroll down Mt Lindesay Hwy late in the afternoon on New Year’s Day.

After walking some distance, the man climbed a wall and hid in the store’s outdoor dining area – usually only accessible through the restaurant.

A woman working inside called police and her father for help and locked herself inside.

Her father arrived before police and confronted the man, who did a naked vault over a side fence and fled.