The cashier who was held up at gunpoint in the raid spoke exclusively to the Keighley News this week about her terrifying ordeal.

Jackie Wiseman, 49, was the only cashier working at the building society that morning and says the robbery was carried out so calmly she was the only person who knew what was happening.

She says: "This guy just walked in very quietly, not at all like you'd expect or see on TV with all guns blazing. He had a carrier bag and he put it on the counter and pointed the gun. He said 'Hand over the money, all of it'.

"All I gave him was the money in the drawer of the till. I just put it in the bag, rolled it up and threw it back to him so he wouldn't be able to see how little I'd given him."

Mrs Wiseman, who received counselling after the raid and only worked at the building society for a further three weeks, says: "The whole thing was over in a matter of seconds.

"I didn't even speak to him, I just acted on instinct."

She says she is pleased Mosey has been jailed, and says people should realise banks and building societies do not carry vast amounts of money.

She says: "I think the sentence fits the crime really because he has got eight and a half years to reflect on the fact that he's got not an awful lot of money."

Despite her apparent indifference to the robbery Mrs Wiseman is still angry at what she views as the building society's failure to provide adequate safety measures.

She says: "There were no security measures. All there was at the time were cameras, no panic buttons, none of these shoot up screens. Cameras are fine for after the crime but they don't help the staff at the time.

"I feel financial institutions in general are bending over backwards to be customer friendly and while that's fine and it is a lot better to work without the screens, the situation has to be looked at."

Mark Smitheringale, from Skipton Building Society, says: "We're delighted with the sentence and it just goes to show that crime doesn't pay."

He says that since the robbery existing security measures at the branch have been reviewed and enhanced but could not go into detail about the improvements.

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