A SELF-STYLED ‘black Robin Hood’ who terrorised Didcot in a violent two-day rampage mooned a court judge and flashed his genitals during his sentencing hearing.

Presiding Judge Ian Pringle QC coolly ploughed on with the case despite Peter Kariuki’s lewd behaviour and his repeated ranting and raving.

After the 26-year-old of HMP Bullingdon was jailed for the string of violent offences he screamed ‘black power’ and started dancing.

Outlining the case at Oxford Crown Court today prosecutor Cathy Olliver said the two-day spree of offences involved threats with a knife and numerous shoplifts, culminating in a police stand-off near a pre-school.

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The crimes all took place on June 18 and 19 last year in Didcot and Oxford.

Before prosecutors detailed events Kariuki, who appeared live via videolink from prison, pulled down his trousers and made the lewd gestures to the court.

Judge Pringle interjected: “You are saying things which are extremely offensive and behaving in a way that is really quite intolerable.”

Despite the extraordinary display prosecutors went on to detail the case and said the first offence took place at Tk Maxx in Didcot.

Kariuki stole a purple bandana which he fastened to his head before later being ejected from Marks and Spencer for his behaviour.

He then went to the nearby Co Op where he stole various grocery items.

Later that night a man was seen being chased by Kariuki with a knife into the Prince of Wales pub, and Kariuki was next seen at St Aldate’s, Oxford, at about 3am.

Still wearing the stolen bandana he was seen holding a knife and told a man he would ‘smoke’ him.

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He then went back to Tk Maxx in Didcot where he stole a knife before making more threats to staff in nearby Sainsbury’s.

Kariuki ‘stabbed a cardboard sign’ before leaving and was finally cornered by police, armed with two knives, at Smallbone Park, near to a pre-school.

He threatened to 'kill' police and after a 90-minute stand-off he was arrested.

At his sentencing hearing he also pleaded guilty to counts of having a makeshift scalpel and a cosh while in prison.

In mitigation Kariuki represented himself, having already sacked his counsel.

He claimed that he was the ‘black Robin Hood’ and said he had committed the shoplifts to ‘feed white people.’

He told the court: “I was f***ing starving, I am trying to feed the community, to feed everyone.

“That food I robbed, I built a campfire and fed everyone.

“I robbed that to feed your own, I robbed that Co Op to feed your kids. I robbed that food to feed white people. I am guilty as f***ing charged.”

Sentencing, Judge Pringle said: “Your behaviour was very frightening to a large number of people.”

Kariuki was jailed for 38 months and must pay a statutory victim surcharge.