Chilling CCTV footage captured the moment a dangerous thug threatened to shoot a cashier in a terrifying bank robbery just days before he held a knife to a woman's throat.
Anthony Horrocks, who has an 'extensive history of violent offending with guns', targeted the NatWest bank on Melbourne Street in Stalybridge for the second time in a decade.
On September 20 last year, he burst in holding an orange carrier bag with an unknown item inside, police said.
He approached the counter, put the bag against the glass barrier and said: "Give me all the money in the till or I will shoot you."
The terrified cashier handed over £2,720.
The chilling incident was captured on CCTV inside the bank.
Horrocks, 47, was then found three days later at a house in Ashton-under-Lyne, GMP said.
Officers found him holding a knife to the throat of a woman and threatening to stab her.
He was tasered and arrested and found with heroin and cannabis.
On January 28, Horrocks, of no fixed address, was sentenced at Minshull Street Crown Court for robbery, possession of an offensive weapon, affray, and possession of class A and class B drugs.
He was jailed for six years.
The court was told how in 2012, Horrocks was convicted of four business robberies and possession of an imitation firearm, which he took into banks in a carrier bag and demanded money.
One of the banks was the same NatWest branch on Melbourne Street.
Detective Constable Ryan O'Hanlon, of Tameside CID said: "Horrocks is a dangerous man with an extensive history of violent offending involving use of firearms.
"He has been convicted after putting hard-working bank staff through a terrifying ordeal for his own personal greed.
"He has further shown disregard for other people's safety when he has been arrested by police and has again used violence towards a vulnerable member of the public.
"Bringing Horrocks to justice was a team effort by police at Tameside and is a reminder to anyone thinking that they can make easy money through committing serious crime that we will find you and we will put you before a court."
