A Greggs worker says he has been 'scarred for life' after being attacked with a hammer during a violent attempted robbery.

The bakery staff member spoke of his 'utterly terrifying' ordeal as the man responsible was jailed for seven years.

Vincent Foley, 44, from Wythenshawe , stormed into the Greggs in Handforth, Cheshire, on July 4 wearing a balaclava and armed with the hammer.

The would-be thief used it as a weapon and then hit the employee with a hammer to gain entry to the store, before struggling to use keys and failing to open the shop’s safe, in the office area, before fleeing the scene.

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Later that day, he smashed the patio doors and broke into a home before stealing watches, bracelets, a deactivated antique shotgun, and a chequebook.

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