A man's behaviour towards police was so bad a prison van had to be arranged to detain him, a court has heard.
Brendon Paul Wilson, 29, appeared in the Invercargill District Court on Friday on a raft of charges.
On October 18, the intoxicated defendant was being driven by his partner near Te Anau.
The police were alerted and found Wilson an hour later.
He was aggressive towards the officers and his partner tried to calm him down.
In response to being asked to settle down, Wilson said "if I was aggressive bro, I’d have you laid out flat and you know that".
While Wilson was being transported to Invercargill he was relentlessly shouting abuse and threatening officers, so much so that police arranged for a prison van to pick Wilson up and transport him for the rest of the journey, the court heard.
While he was being moved into the van, the defendant bit an officer’s hand.
On another occasion, Wilson and his partner were smoking methamphetamine in the bathroom while two children were in the house.
The defendant disputed that, despite pleading guilty to the summary of facts.
They went outside and he pushed his partner to the ground, bruising her chin, shoulder and thigh.
In explanation, the defendant said she had a seizure.
The court heard Wilson had a head injury and he said that impacted his behaviour.
He said he bit the police officer because he had a collapsed nostril and was struggling to breathe.
"Effectively it’s everyone’s fault but yours," Judge Duncan Harvey said.
"The fact that you only caused a minor injury is more good luck than good management."
He sentenced Wilson to home detention for eight months and two weeks, disqualified him from driving for 12 months and ordered him to pay $520 reparation.
"You need to be a responsible father ... one that your children can rely on," the judge said.
"Let’s hope that today means you really have turned a corner."
