A Blenheim man confronted at his door late at night by a man wearing a balaclava and carrying an air pistol managed to push the man to the ground and knock the gun from his hand.
The 59-year-old man, who lives in Lee St, sat on the man in his front yard while his wife called police, according to a police summary of facts released to The Marlborough Express.
Hector William Henry, 57, of Blenheim, has admitted attempted aggravated robbery following the incident about 10.35pm on July 8 last year. He also admitted unlawful possession of an airgun and having his face covered with intent to commit a crime.
Henry entered the guilty plea just as a two-day trial was set to begin at the Blenheim District Court on Monday. He was remanded in custody for sentencing on August 19.
The summary of facts says the man and his wife were in bed when someone knocked on their front door.
He went to the door in his dressing gown thinking it might be his son, who had arranged to pick up some blankets.
He opened the door to see a man, who face was covered with a balaclava, pointing the air pistol at him and holding a plastic bag in his other hand. The intruder said, "What's up" and mumbled something else, the police summary of facts said.
The resident invited the man inside and said he would get some money but grabbed the plastic bag and threw it on the ground as the man stepped inside.
"He then grabbed the air pistol in the defendant's hand and turned him around and pushed him out into his front yard where he pushed him over into a rose garden," the summary says. He managed to knock the gun out of the man's hand, sat on him and called for his wife to phone the police.
The man was identified as Henry.
Police said they found a hammer on the ground that had been inside Henry's overalls as well as a pair of socks he used as gloves.
Inside the plastic bag was a boning knife, fishing line and a pair of slippers.
Henry told police he found the items in town and knocked on the man's door to ask if the air pistol he found in their driveway was his. He told police he did not intend to do anything and wanted to apologise.
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