A drunk man in stockings chased down a Mr Whippy van (Picture: Night and Day / File)

A stag do ‘got out of hand’ when a chainsaw-wielding man wearing fishnet stockings chased a Mr Whippy ice cream van down the street.

The man in his 20s was arrested for disorderly behaviour in Rangiora, New Zealand, on Saturday evening when the terrified ice cream van driver rang police fearing for his life.

Officers said they were easily able to identify the culprit, who emerged from a property revving his chainsaw before giving chase to the Mr Whippy van.

He later abandoned the mechanical saw before jumping into the van’s passenger seat.


‘I fully understand the fears of the complainant,’ Sergeant Colin Stewart told the Press. ‘[But] it was a drunken antic. We used common sense and saw it as that.’



Police made inquiries at the property and identified the man in stockings based on the description they had been given.

‘It made him reasonably easy to identify,’ Sgt Stewart said. ‘He was apologetic. It was more a disorderly behaviour thing than a direct threat [to the driver].’

He said the offence was fuelled by alcohol after ‘an unusually hot day’.