Two armed robbers broke into a B&M before chasing the staff and holding them hostage until they opened the safe in a horrifying ordeal.
Joseph Nunn, 25, Daniel Cooke, 28, and another man, were captured on CCTV using an angle grinder as staff began to open up the store in Stockport.
Once the main door was completely removed, the men ran over counters and down the aisles towards the storage room, where they grabbed a member of staff by the collar and forced him towards the staff room, Minshull Street Crown Court heard.