After punching a man in the face following a car accident Adam Russell Tucker will be paying emotional harm payments of $300 to the victim.
Tucker pleaded guilty to a charge of assaulting a man when he appeared before Judge Tony Walsh in Masterton District Court recently.
Police prosecutor Garry Wilson told the court on August 19, Tucker and his victim were at different addresses on Te Ore Ore Rd about 10.30pm.
As Tucker reversed from his driveway and the man from Lake View School on the opposite side of the road their cars collided in the middle of the road, Mr Wilson said.
Tucker stopped further up the road and waited for the man to pull in behind of him.