LAWYERS for a serial protester who persistently hijacked Labour party events in the run-up to the General Election have said he is facing criminal charges.

Sean Clerkin has been told he will be reported for putting a number of Labour Party employees into state of fear and alarm at two events.

The first incident relates to the visit by Jim Murphy and Ed Balls to the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall in April, which Mr Clerkin attempted to enter.

The protester, who was told to leave the building by police, posted the incident on Youtube.

The second was at the meeting of the Scottish Labour executive at its headquarters in Glasgow a week after the election when Mr Murphy resigned.

Police were called to John Smith House on Bath Street, with Mr Clerkin and fellow protester Piers Doughty-Brown leaving the building to continue their demonstration from the street outside.

They had made their way into the building and called for Mr Murphy to remain as leader to "finish the job of destroying Scottish Labour".

At the time Mr Murphy insisted he has not been hounded out of the job by protesters who have turned out at almost every public appearance.

A Police Scotland spokeswoman that day said it had been called to "a report of a disturbance outside the Labour Party HQ, third floor, Bath St at 11.35am" and that "advice and assistance was given".

Mr Clerkin's lawyer, John Flanagan, said he had spoken with Police Scotland today and been told his client would be charged and reported to the procurator fiscal for breaches of section 38 and section 38(1) of the Criminal Justice and Licensing Act 2010.

He said: "The police want Sean to present himself, question him and charge him for what is essentially breach of the peace type stuff.

"The complainers are employees of the Labour Party working at the Royal Concert Hall."

Mr Clerkin said he would be presenting himself to the police tomorrow.