A man threatened to stab a neighbour following a row over a noisy moped.
Leicester Magistrates' Court was told Mehran Falsafi (52), of Lubbesthorpe Road, Braunstone, took exception when a noisy moped was ridden without an exhaust pipe.
He believed a neighbour owned it and, on September 27, confronted and threatened to stab one of the women from the family.
He also told a man he wanted to fight him.
Prosecutor Liz Dodds said over the next few days, he shouted at the family that they "were bad people" and told them to watch their step.
On October 16, Falsafi was overheard by one of his victims and her 12-year-old child telling a shop assistant they were a "horrible family".
Falsafi was found guilty of three charges of harassment and four public order offences.
He was given a six-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, and ordered to do 150 hours of unpaid work and pay £500 costs.
He received a two-year restraining order preventing him from using threatening words or behaviour towards three members of the family.
Stephen Morris, for Falsafi, said he continued to believe the family was to blame.
