Terrified supermarket staff handed over £210,000 in cash after one of their colleagues was taken hostage at gunpoint, a jury was told.

Security officer John Riley was grabbed by two masked raiders during a Securicor delivery to the Morrison's store at Five Lane Ends, Bradford in July last year.

At Bradford Crown Court prosecutor Tom Bayliss described how the two robbers, who were wearing crash helmets and posing as motorcycle couriers, pounced after 14 boxes of money intended for the store's cashpoint machines had been delivered.

Mr Riley, who had been overseeing the early-morning delivery, was approached by the robbers and one of them pulled out a revolver. The weapon, loaded with live ammunition, was later recovered from one of the abandoned getaway vehicles, said Mr Bayliss.

Showing jury members the gun, he said: "One can imagine how terrifying it would be to have something like that produced and waved at you."

"The men threatened Mr Riley and demanded to be directed to the cash office," he said. "When they got to the cash office one of the robbers banged on the door and shouted, 'Open the door, we've got your security man."

The men said Mr Riley would "get it"' if they were not let in. Cash office manager Liselle Butler was forced to open the door..

The money was put into a black holdall before the raiders escaped in a white van. The vehicle was later abandoned in nearby Acre Lane where they transferred to a waiting VW Polo being driven by a third man.

The Polo was also dumped in Bramley, but Mr Bayliss alleged that when the van was searched officers found the fingerprints of 36-year-old Anthony Morgan on the helmets which had been left behind.

Banknotes that could be linked to the Morrison's raid were found at Morgan's home in Manchester, Mr Bayliss alleged.

Morgan has denied robbery. Mr Bayliss said the prosecution did not have to prove he was at the scene but that he was in the gang.

The trial continues.

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