A man who broke into his ex partner's house said he did it because he was worried about her mental health.
Micah Conan Robertson went to the victim's Whanganui house on March 29, Judge David Cameron said in the Whanganui District Court on Tuesday.
Robertson was "fearing for her mental state and her safety", Judge Cameron said.
"That's his position anyway. The police position is that when there, he was huffing on a butane canister and went around to the back of the house as an associate of the victim came to the front door.
"This defendant smashed a single pane of glass in the bathroom window."