Guard's fight with gem raid gunman

A security guard today described his desperate struggle with a gunman who had just carried out a £23million raid at a West End jewellers.

Simon Stearman told an Old Bailey jury he fought to grab a revolver pointed by the robber before it went off, hitting a passerby in the face.

The guard had been alerted by radio to the raid at Graff jewellers in New Bond Street in May last year. He challenged and chased the man as he left. After a fierce struggle he appeared to give up, then fired with a ricochet hitting a woman.

The jury heard how Nebojsa Denic, 34, flew in by easyJet from Switzerland for the raid. He denies conspiracy to rob, attempted grievous bodily harm and firearm charges. The trial continues.