Thug threatens cashier as he robs bank for the second time in a decade [Video]
‘Give me the money or I will shoot you’: Terrifying moment thug threatens cashier as he robs bank for the second time in a decade
Anthony Horrocks stole £2,720 from NatWest branch on 20 September last year47-year-old threatened to shoot cashier at Stalybridge in Greater ManchesterHorrocks, of no fixed address, admitted robbery, possession of an offensive weapon, affray, and possession of class A and class B drugs He was jailed for six years on 28 January at Manchester Crown Court
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Chilling CCTV footage captured the moment a dangerous thug threatened to shoot a cashier in a bank robbery just days before he held a knife to a woman’s throat.
Anthony Horrocks, 47, who has an ‘extensive history of violent offending with guns’, targeted the NatWest bank on Melbourne Street in Stalybridge for the second time in a decade.
On September 20 last year, CCTV footage released by Greater Manchester Police shows Horrocks bursting into the branch holding an orange carrier bag with an unknown item inside.
On January 28, Horrocks, of no fixed address, was sentenced at Minshull Street Crown Court for robbery, possession of an offensive weapon, affray, and possession of class A and class B drugs. He was jailed for six years.
Anthony Horrocks targeted the NatWest branch on Melbourne Street in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester on 20 September last year and stole £2,720
The 47-year-old, who has an ‘extensive history of violent offending with guns’, threatened to shoot a cashier in a bank robbery just days before he held a knife to a woman’s throat
He approached the counter, put the bag against the glass barrier and said: ‘Give me all the money in the till or I will shoot you.’
The terrified cashier handed over £2,720. Three days after the incident was captured on the bank’s CCTV Horrocks was found at a house in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester Police said.
Officers found him holding a knife to the throat of a woman and threatening to stab her. He was tasered and arrested and found with heroin and cannabis.
CCTV footage released by Greater Manchester Police shows Horrocks bursting into the branch holding an orange carrier bag with an unknown item inside
The court was told how in 2012, Horrocks was convicted of four business robberies and possession of an imitation firearm, which he took into banks in a carrier bag and demanded money. One of the banks was the same NatWest branch on Melbourne Street.
Detective Constable Ryan O’Hanlon, of Tameside CID said: ‘Horrocks is a dangerous man with an extensive history of violent offending involving use of firearms.
‘He has been convicted after putting hard-working bank staff through a terrifying ordeal for his own personal greed.
‘He has further shown disregard for other people’s safety when he has been arrested by police and has again used violence towards a vulnerable member of the public.
‘Bringing Horrocks to justice was a team effort by police at Tameside and is a reminder to anyone thinking that they can make easy money through committing serious crime that we will find you and we will put you before a court.’
