Incredible moment Post Office heroes tackle 'armed thief' mid-robbery caught on stunning CCTV

High Court justice Lord Scott praised unit subordinate Cheryl Gourlay aft facing down 36-year-old equipped robber Robert Danskin who tried to rob a store successful Dunfermline, Fife

This is the unthinkable infinitesimal Post Office heroes tackle an equipped thief aft his failed robbery was caught connected "terrifying" CCTV.

High Court justice Lord Scott praised unit subordinate Cheryl Gourlay aft facing down 36-year-old equipped robber Robert Danskin who tried to rob a store successful Dunfermline, Fife.

He walked into the store wearing a balaclava brandishing a limb described successful tribunal arsenic a "realistic" fake weapon that looked looked "indistinguishable" from a existent weapon.

Danskin demanded Cheryl capable a container with wealth earlier jumping implicit a antagonistic and assaulting her. However, she bravely enactment herself successful beforehand of the till and refused to fto him adjacent the money. The brave idiosyncratic past shouted for assistance arsenic her co-workers came to her rescue.

Colleagues sprinted implicit to the antagonistic and 1 unit subordinate took the pistol retired of Danskin’s manus whilst punching him. His colleagues pulled Danskin’s balaclava disconnected his head, enactment him successful a headlock and launched him to the crushed and kept him determination until cops arrived to apprehension him.

The tribunal was played the singular footage of the incidental which had been captured connected CCTV cameras.

Lord Scott is to defer sentencing aft it was revealed Danskin had a condemnation for a akin offence successful 2007. He said: "I americium inclined to telephone for reports. Notwithstanding the existent bravery of a fig of individuals who intervened, this indispensable person been a terrifying incidental successful which nary 1 different than the accused was alert that this wasn’t a existent firearm."

Danskin pleaded blameworthy to assaulting Cheryl portion wearing a disguise connected his face. He admitted helium acted aggressively erstwhile demanding wealth and brandishing an imitation firearm astatine her. He besides admitted to seizing and pulling her connected the assemblage whilst attempting to bargain money.

Cheryl told the tribunal that pursuing his arrest, Danskin informed officers that helium wasn’t a ‘bad person’. She said that helium was successful indebtedness to cause dealers and feared being injured by them. She informed the judge: ‘He said “me and my woman person a £1,000 ace debt. In a a weird mode I wanted to get caught truthful I could to jailhouse and beryllium harmless there”.’

The brave idiosyncratic besides told the tribunal that constabulary officers examined the firearm and recovered that that it was an Airsoft weapon - which is akin to paintball. The weapon had primitively been covered successful bluish overgarment to support truthful it wouldn't interruption firearms legislation. She added: "But it has been removed astatine immoderate point. This gives it the look of a realistic imitation firearm."

The judge, who called the incidental "terrifying", said Danksin volition beryllium sentenced astatine the High Court successful Glasgow adjacent month.