THE terrifying moments when armed robbers confronted employees at the Tonbridge Securitas depot has been shown to the jury at the Old Bailey.

CCTV evidence of the robbery, which lasted just over an hour, show the gang entering the Vale Road depot and snatching nearly £53 million in cash.

The jury saw silent scenes of the scared employees huddled together with their hands held above their heads while a masked robber pointed what appeared to be a long gun towards them.

Depot manager Colin Dixon, who has remained calm throughout giving evidence, watched as images of his kidnapped wife and child were shown to the court.

These included the two held in the back of the white van where Mrs Dixon hugged her child closely.

Scenes of the robbers jumping on money cages and loading cash into their white getaway van were also shown.

Towards the end of the images, scenes of the hostages being forced into cramped money cages appeared.

Later the court saw them escape from their cages and Mr Dixon hugging his child and holding hands.

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 trial continues.