A man has been found dead in a toilet of a Wetherspoons pub after lying undetected overnight.

A cleaner reportedly found the body at The West Kirk pub on Ayr's Sandgate at around 8.40am on Saturday.

It is believed the man died in the toilet of the pub, a former church, at some point on Friday night.

Police have launched an investigation but said the death did not appear suspicious.

A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: "Around 8.40am on Saturday, police were made aware of a man's death at a premises in Ayr.

"A post mortem examination will take place in due course, however there are not believed to be any suspicious circumstances."