A MAN snatched from his car as part of the £53 million Securitas heist has told a court that he was made "afraid and scared" by the gun-wielding kidnappers.

Securitas depot manager Colin Dixon told the Old Bailey that he realised something was wrong after the two men who grabbed him, posing as police officers, handcuffed him roughly and told him that their identification had been left at the station.

Mr Dixon was travelling from the Vale Road depot in Tonbridge to his home in Herne Bay on February 21, 2006, when the kidnapping happened.

As he left work, he texted his wife, Lynn, to say he was on his way home, but he didn't arrive.

Mr Dixon was travelling along the A249 when a car with flashing blue lights in the grill indicated to him to pull over.

Mr Dixon did so, assuming it was a police car. He was told to get out of his vehicle and into the other car and was whisked away.

The men told Mr Dixon that he had been clocked exceeding 100mph on the motorway several times in the previous week.

"That was just wrong,” said Mr Dixon. "I had been on holiday the previous week. It couldn’t be true."

It wasn’t until the car reached Mereworth that one of the men said to Mr Dixon: "You will have guessed we aren’t police officers. Don’t do anything silly and no one will get hurt."

Mr Dixon admitted he wasn’t surprised by this statement as the men’s behaviour had caused him to surmise as much.

One of the men, who Mr Dixon described as having a ginger beard and freckles, pulled out a gun and warned Mr Dixon that they weren’t messing about adding: "This is a 9mm."

At this point Mr Dixon became very still.

He said: "I was afraid, scared and he had a gun in his hand. I wasn’t sure what his reaction would be so I tried to keep as still as possible."

The two men drove Mr Dixon to a rendezvous with a white van, and was forced to change vehicles.

At this point, someone threatened him when he tried to turn his head, saying: "Don’t look round or you will get a hole in you."

Lea Rusha, of Lambersart Close, Southborough, Stuart Royle, from Allen Street, Maidstone, Jetmir Bucpapa, of Hadlow Road, Tonbridge, Roger Coutts, of The Green, Welling, John Fowler, of Chart Hill Road, Staplehurst, Ermir Hysenaj, of New Road, Crowborough, and Michelle Hogg, of Brinklow Crescent, Woolwich, have all pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to kidnap, conspiracy to rob and conspiracy to have in their possession a firearm.

A seventh man, Keith Borer, from Hampstead Lane, Yalding, stands accused of dishonestly receiving £6,100 of stolen Securitas money, which he denies.

The case continues.

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