A Whanganui man struck his neighbour with a vacuum cleaner pipe because he was angered by his car.
Frances Peacock was at his home in May when he became enraged by the noise of his neighbour's car and the close proximity of it to his property.
In Whanganui District Court, Judge Charles Blackie told of how on May 15, 2018, Peacock approached his neighbour yelling and grabbed him by the shirt.
"You had this vacuum cleaner pipe, initially when he tried to resist being grabbed by the shirt, the pipe was dropped, but later you recovered it," Judge Blackie said.
"You swung it down to strike him, he put his hands up to protect his face and body.