A judge has condemned a Wanganui man's "lawless, intimidatory" behaviour over a parking space.
The "idiot with a car jack", as described by Judge David Cameron, appeared in Whanganui District Court yesterday after an incident where he tried to frighten off a stranger with a jack handle.
Michael James Hamilton pleaded guilty to possessing an offensive weapon following the July 3 offending when he was motioning and "aggressively mouthing" for another driver to drive away from the area he was parked in.
The other car was parked about 20 metres from the victim at the time, police prosecutor Sergeant Drew Morrison told the court.
When the other driver didn't leave, Hamilton grabbed the jack handle, got out of his car, and "aggressively gestured towards the vehicle".