A dramatic video showing the moment armed robber Robert Haines snatched £105,000 from a New Romney building society just moments before he was shot dead by police has been shown to a jury at Folkestone magistrates court.

The inquest into the death of Mr Haines started on Monday with a overview of what occured in the New Romney High Street on night of October 31, 2006, during which Mr Haines was shot by Metropolitan police officers following an investigation and surveillance of suspects involved in similar robberies.

The summary was given by Adrian Tapp, deputy senior investigator with the Independent Police Complaints Commission.

The court watched as the black and white footage showed a security guard making cash deliveries from his van to the building society before a shadowy figure runs from an adjacent alleyway and into the bank with the guard.

Mr Tapp said: “As Mr Haines ran along the alleyway towards the car park, he was met by four armed officers - Echo 19, 22, 14 and 10.

“Challenges were made after which there was an exchange of fire.”

Mr Tapp said that Mr Haines, 41, of Challock was shot and that he was given first aid by the police and ambulance staff before being taken to Ashford’s William Harvey Hospital.

He added: “By 9pm a doctor declared that Mr Haines had died.”

The court heard that a silver Mercedes was to be used as the getaway car and was waiting in a car park at the end of an alleyway, between the Nationwide and an estate agents.

A second video, filmed by police, showed the aftermath: the waiting car with driver door open and on the ground, a sawn-off shotgun, three shell casings, shotgun cartridge wadding and a black balaclava.

It also showed an officer making the shotgun safe, as well as inside of the building society where an open cash case and helmet lay on the ground.

Counsel Ian Stern, representing the firearms’ officers, spent some time clarifying the photographs of the scene, which the jury reviewed.

In response to Mr Stern’s statement that the Mr Haines’ shotgun had been fired, Mr Tapp confirmed that of the two cartridges found in the gun, one had been fired.

The inquest continues and is expected to last between three to five weeks.