A knife-wielding man who commandeered a Mr Whippy truck to make ice-creams and hurl them at bystanders has been sentenced to nine months' jail.
Joseph David Banks, 21, of Raureka, had earlier pleaded guilty in Hastings District Court to a raft of charges including threatening to kill, resisting police, disorderly behaviour
and possession of an offensive weapon arising from the incident on December 7.
Heavily intoxicated and armed with a butcher's knife, Banks threatened the life of a woman holding her young child in Outram Rd, Hastings, before crawling inside a nearby Mr Whippy truck about 5.20pm. He then made himself ice-creams and hurled them at people on the footpath.
When police arrived he refused to be handcuffed and resisted arrest until back-up arrived.
Due to his level of intoxication he was unable to be interviewed at the time.
Banks has been in custody since the incident and was sentenced in Hastings District Court yesterday. NZPA
