part of the premises and locked the door. From there he could hear them 'smashing and banging around' as they forced open the till, from which they got just 60, before making off in an Audi RS4, said Mr Morse. Then shortly afterwards the same car pulled onto the forecourt of the Total filling station on the Coventry Road at Bickenhill where manager Hussein Ahmed was threatened with the gun and forced to open the safe. The gang escaped with just under 4,500 in cash and a quantity of cigarettes. The trial continues.