A former soldier who saw action in Northern Ireland and Bosnia is on trial accused of robbing a man at his Bradford flat.

Paul Dews, 34, denies being one of two intruders who pretended to be police officers and said they were armed with a gun.

Dews, who was living at the Salvation Army hostel in Leeds Road, Bradford, told the jury he was in the city centre when Samuel Wood was robbed of his Playstation console, a phone, keys and £20.

Mr Wood told the jury two men rattled the letterbox and shouted: “It’s the police” to be let into his home in Darren Street, Tyersal, late on October 14 last year. He said he was made to lie face down on the floor by the men, who said they had a gun.

The jury has been told that Patrick Mumbley, who was also living at the Salvation Army hostel, had pleaded guilty to the robbery.

Mr Wood said he was in bed when he heard his letterbox opening. He heard someone shouting: “It’s the police” and when he opened the door he was barged into the living room by two men. Mr Wood said they demanded cannabis and his phone.

Mumbley, who was known to him, went to get the phone while the other man shouted at him. He heard his games console being ripped out and the robbers fled.

Dews said he had been drinking lager and smoking cannabis on the day of the robbery. He had visited a flat in the same block as Mr Wood, but did not go back there or enter Mr Wood’s home.

The trial continues.