An Edinburgh McDonald's worked has been pictured forming a human barricade in a bid to stop unruly teens running riot.
Around a dozen of hooded yobs were spotted outside the store, vaping, shouting, swearing and hurling abuse at staff while trying to rush the door to get inside the fast food branch on Monday, May 22.
There has been a spate of anti-social behaviour incidents in and around the Cameron Toll area and at the Mcdonald's restaurant on Lady Road - with groups of youngsters causing thousands of pounds worth of damage at the store.
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Edinburgh Live understands the anti-social behaviour is from one or two groups of youths and that the restaurant team have suffered unacceptable physical, verbal and racial abuse and that there are ongoing police investigations.
Speaking to Edinburgh Live one eyewitness said: "We had stopped by the store at Cameron Toll to grab something for dinner after a long day and stopped in the car park to eat a McDonald's.
"There was a commotion going on at the door to the branch and when I walked over to put the rubbish into the bin I saw a gang of around 12 teenagers all wearing black hoodies with their faces covered while vaping and shouting at a member of staff.
"One Mcdonald's worker who looked like the manager was standing acting like a human barricade as a couple of teens tried to run at him and get inside.
"They were all standing laughing, shouting at him and being wide while refusing to leave. It's not the first time I have seen groups of teens harassing staff at this branch and in the area.
"There are often police around or the security guards from Cameron Toll having to patrol the grounds."
They continued: "There were still other customers trying to go in and out of the store while the manager was standing there blocking the door.
"The staff don't get paid enough to be dealing with idiotic kids who have nothing better to do than hang about a car park winding up people who are just trying to do their jobs."
This comes just days after several arrests were made at another shopping centre with a McDonalds on site that has issues with anti-social behaviour.
Several arrests were made after police raced to the Asda at Chesser on Wednesday, May 17, following reports of antisocial behaviour.
Police Scotland confirmed officers were in attendance and the incident led to a "number of youths" subsequently arrested and charged, although no further details on the number of people involved or their ages have been released.
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Sergeant Mark Coull said: "We know that anti-social behaviour of youths in our local communities causes concern. We have increased patrols in the area and a number of youths have consequently been arrested and charged. We continue to work with partner agencies to help tackle anti-social behaviour.
“Tackling anti-social behaviour is a priority for Edinburgh police. Where instances do occur we would encourage these to be reported to officers via 101 so that we can investigate accordingly.”
An Asda spokesperson confirmed the store was closed on Wednesday, but said: “The store hasn’t changed its opening hours and remains a 24-hour store.”
Police Scotland has been approached for comment regarding the incidents at Cameron Toll and due to ongoing investigations McDonalds'
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