Wolseley man allegedly set fire to car and threatened man known to him with small axe outside pub

A Wolseley man will face court after he allegedly set fire to a car and threatened a man with an axe outside a pub on Sunday night.

A man who allegedly set fire to a car and threatened the owner, a man known to him, has been charged.

Police say the man set fire to the Holden station wagon at the Wolseley Hotel at Wolseley just after 7.30pm on Sunday night.

He then allegedly threatened the owner of the Holden with a small axe.

The Wolseley man, 52, was arrested and charged with arson and aggravated assault.

He was refused bail and was summonsed to appear in the Mount Gambier Magistrates Court on Monday.

The victim was not physically injured.