Dangerous New Zealand Ice Cream Thrower Pleads Guilty

A man armed with a butcher's knife who commandeered a Mr Whippy van and threw ice-cream at bystanders has been convicted in a New Zealand court.

Joseph David Banks, 21, was heavily intoxicated when he threatened a woman with a child at Hastings, in the south-east of the North Island, earlier this month.

He next crawled into a Mr Whippy van and proceeded to make ice-cream cones which he threw at people on the footpath, the Hawks Bay Day reported on Thursday.

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.

Yesterday, Banks pleaded guilty at Hastings District Court to a raft of charges, including threatening to kill, resisting police, disorderly behaviour and possession of an offensive weapon.

Judge Geoff Rea remanded him in custody for sentencing on Friday.