A man who was Tasered by police after bludgeoning bystanders with a metal pole has walked free from court.

Daniel Imparato, of no fixed abode, was arrested in July after being caught by police with the help of a mysterious “local hero”, who has still not been found.

A judge at Wood Green Crown Court sentenced Mr Imparato, 19, to 12 months in jail, suspended for 12 months. 

Officers were called to Wood Green at around 9pm on Friday July 25 following reports that a man was hitting members of the public with a piece of scaffolding.

The man managed to escape police and was still attacking pedestrians when an elderly man in a red car picked up the officers and chased the suspect through the back streets.

The man was then caught and Tasered by police in Woodside Road following a “violent struggle”.

But the elderly man drove away before police found out his name, and police have been searching for him since.

A police spokesman: “All we know is that he was an elderly white man with grey hair and driving a small red car."

He added that some “battered and bruised officers” were “desperate to thank him personally”.