He rode in on a horse, broke a window ... then ran.
Alan Bowley pleaded guilty in the Whanganui District Court on Tuesday to one charge of wilful damage.
Police prosecutor Rachel Williamsen told the court on June 11 at 5.15am Bowley rode a horse to what he throught was his adult son's house in Taupo.
But unknown to Bowley his son had been evicted from the same property weeks earlier.
He tied his horse to a post outside and tried to enter through the back door. When he couldn't do this he broke a window to get in.