Wolverhampton man who thought he was being robbed waved knife at men during eviction
A man who was being evicted from his rented home in Wolverhampton waved a knife at three men sent to evict him before chasing them away, a court was told.
Wolverhampton Crown Court heard Robert Lupu could be seen in a window of the back of his house in Court Road, Whitmore Reans, making threatening gestures to three men who had been sent by the landlord to evict him at around 8.10pm on July 13 this year.
Patrick Kelly, prosecuting, said: "The three men had been sent by the landlord of the property to get Lupu out but couldn't gain access to the front of the property so went around to the back.
"The noise they had already made had obviously alerted the defendant who was seen by the three men in the kitchen window waving a knife in a threatening gesture.
"He came out of the house and chased them around the back garden and up an alleyway before the men escaped.
"When questioned later he said he thought the men were trying to break in and rob the property.
"I accept it was an unorthodox way of a landlord carrying out an eviction but there can be no excuse for the possession of the weapon."
Lupu, aged 39, who is still living at the property, admitted possession of a bladed article and was given a three-month prison sentence, suspended for 18 months.