Chilling moment armed robber holds a gun to a woman's head during a terrifying raid on shop as gang are jailed for more than 24 years in total
- Robert Childerley, 26, raided a Nisa Store in Newton, Derbyshire, last year
- He and accomplice Callum Raworth, 25 demanded money from the shopkeeper
- Childerley grabbed a customer in a headlock and pressed handgun to her head
- Two days later, Childerley and Luke Walters, 30, raided The Woodend Inn pub
An armed robber who held a gun to a woman's head during a raid on a shop before fleeing with cigarettes and money stuffed in a shopping basket has been jailed.
Chilling CCTV footage, released by Nottinghamshire Police, showed Robert Childerley, 26, and Callum Raworth, 25, burst into a Nisa Local store in Newton, Derbyshire, at 6am on November 21 last year.
Childerley, of no fixed address, grabbed the terrified woman in a headlock and pressed the handgun to her temple as he demanded money from the shopkeeper.
Today Childerley, Raworth and a third accomplice Luke Walters, 30, who carried out a raid on a pub with Childerley just two days later, were jailed for more than 24 years for three armed raids.
Robert Childerley and his accomplice Callum Raworth, 25, enter the store and demand money from the shopkeeper
Childerley, 26, of no fixed address, grabs the terrified woman in a headlock after bursting into a Nisa Local store in Newton, Derbyshire, at 6am on November 21 last year
Childerley (left) was jailed for 13 years while his accomplice Callum Raworth (centre), 25, of Huthwaite, was jailed for six years and eight months. A third accomplice Luke Walters (right), 30, also of Huthwaite, was sentenced to four years eight months in prison for a robbery he and Childerley carried out on a pub just two days later
During the clip, the two men enter the convenience store and threaten the shopkeeper and female customer with a large axe and a small black handgun which Childerley points at their heads.
Childerley then barges his way behind the counter and grabs a fistfuls of money from the till before demanding the safe to be opened.
He and Raworth repeatedly kick the door of the post office room where the safe is but fail to get inside.
After failing to get inside the room, the two robbers flee with £50 and £1,755 worth of cigarettes, using a shopping basket to carry the items outside.
Just 20 minutes later, the pair struck again when they held up Skegby Mini Market in in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.The owner was inside the shop when Childerley and Raworth entered the store, armed with a large sledgehammer and a handgun.
They demanded money and cigarettes but the store manager pressed the panic button and asked his wife to call the police.
Childerley and Raworth fled the store empty-handed before getting back into a stolen getaway car and driving off.
Two days later on November 23, Childerley and third accomplice Luke Walters, 30, raided The Woodend Inn pub in Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire.
Posing as delivery men they knocked on the window at 6.30am and asked the cleaners who were inside to open the door.
Once inside the pair threatened the cleaners with a gun before stealing two bottles of alcohol and a charity box with £40 inside.
Childerley and Raworth, enter the store and threaten the shopkeeper and female customer with a large axe and a small black handgun
Childerley grabs the customer in a headlock and presses the handgun to her temple during the raid
One of the men barges their way behind the counter in order to steal the money from the till
They then fled in the same getaway car which was used in each of the earlier robberies which had been stolen from Derbyshire a week earlier.
Officers arrested the three men hours later after they tracked a number of stolen items to their addresses.
The cigarettes from the robbery in Derbyshire were traced back to Childerley's home along with bottles of alcohol from the pub raid.
Meanwhile fingerprints were found and further boxes of stolen cigarettes were found in a bedroom drawer of Walters.
All three admitted armed robberies when they appeared at Nottingham Crown Court.
On Tuesday, Childerley, of no fixed address, was branded 'dangerous' by Judge James Sampson and jailed for 13 years.
The robber walks behind the counter and tries to kick the door of the post office room where the safe is
Raworth, of Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire, admitted two armed robberies and was jailed for six years and eight months.
Walters, also of Huthwaite, pleaded guilty to the pub robbery and was sentenced to four years eight months in prison.
Detective Sergeant Mark Shaw, who led the investigation, said: 'We are very pleased with the result from court and to have three dangerous and prolific burglars locked up.
'It wasn't an easy investigation, but I'm happy all our work has paid off.
'I'd like to thank the officers and detectives who worked tirelessly on the case.
'They spent hours going through CCTV footage, talking to more than 20 witnesses and gathering forensics to track them down to arrest.
'I'm pleased for the victims who have been brilliant throughout and supported the police during a lengthy process.
'It must have been a terrifying experience for the victims to have had firearms pointed at their heads, so we hope the length sentences given give some comfort.'
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