The police file described the weapon as a fleischwurst, a type of scalded sausage with a high meat content better known as a garlic bologna

A German pedestrian is facing a fine for damaging a parked car with his 30cm sausage.

The 49-year-old man was crossing a road in the northern German town of Neubrandenburg with his eight-year-old son when he took offence at the way a car had been parked in front of them.

A row developed with the motorist and the father hurled his oversized delicacy at the BMW. A report filed by Neubrandenburg police reported that the confrontation then escalated to a scuffle with punches thrown. The sausage left a small dent in the rear door on the driver’s side.

The police file described the weapon as a fleischwurst, a type of scalded sausage with a high meat content better known as a garlic bologna. A police