Three masked robbers charge into a Deepak Foodstore in Chilwell, Nottinghamshire, where they threatened an elderly shopkeeper with a gun and attempt to rip out the till before carting away with thousands of pounds worth of goods.
How it Happened
The terrifying footage reveals the masked and armed men making a beeline for the counter whilst aiming a BB gun at the 76-year-old shop owner and threatening him with a knife.
One of them then restrains the victim, who feared for his life not knowing that the gun was fake, while the other two unsuccessfully attempt to rip out the till.
Police stepped in to do some investigations and tracked the gang across the county border into Leicestershire, where the three men lived.
How They Were Arrested
Joshua Woods, 29, was the first of the trio to be tracked down, with officers raiding his home and seizing a BB gun that had been sprayed black to look like a real firearm.
In the following weeks, detectives also found Callum Groves, 25, and Jack Weston, 23.
Court Ruling
The three thugs appeared in court and were jailed for a combined 12-and-a-half years.
Woods – a father of two daughters, aged nine and five – was jailed for four years and three months.
Groves, father-of-two, was sent to prison for four years, his sentence being slightly less as he pleaded guilty at an earlier opportunity.
Weston, was handed a four-year and three-month prison term.
