CCTV footage has captured the moment an enraged shopkeeper battled an armed robber using a wine bottle.
Mr Bains used a bottle of Blossom Hill to tackle the armed raider at his Suffolk store
Jasvinder Bains, aged 40, was caught on his own security camera as an attacker wielded a seven-inch blade in his face and demanded money.
But the raider was forced to flee the Suffolk store empty-handed after Mr Bains grabbed a £4.99 bottle of Blossom Hill from the shelf and gave chase.
Mr Bains described how his “blood boiled” when he saw the man try and take cash from the till.
He said: “When he put his hand on the till I just got angry. I’ve never had anything like this happen to me before and it was a bit of a shock.
“I didn’t have much time to think. I just wanted to protect myself and my money and to get him out.”
Mr Bains added: “I work 16 hours a day, seven days a week to keep this place afloat.
“I’ll be darned if someone is going to walk in off the street and take from me - I’ve four children and a wife to support.”
He said his initial reaction was to stall the robber in the hope a customer would enter the store and scare him off but he soon realised this wouldn’t happen.
He said: “He was jumpy and anxious and started to lose patience with me. He was screaming ‘get on with it or I’ll knife you,’.”
No arrests have been made since the attack on Sunday April 6 at 5.45am but Suffolk police hope the CCTV images will help identify the offender.
Mr Bains lives above the shop with his wife Kamaljit, 40, and their three daughters and one son - aged 6, 11, 14 and 17.
He has owned the store in Pakefield for 17 years, after moving from Punjab, India. It was the first attempted robbery.
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