a husband and wife duo managed to restrain an axe wielding man who burst into their shop  and ordered a cashier to fill his bag with money sab dhillon, 46, who runs shildon post office and stores in county durham, ran from the back of the store to pounce on the man after a scuffle mr dhillon managed to restrain the man in a stranglehold and his wife then appeared, further subduing the man   whose face was covered with a scarf and hood   by hitting him with a baseball bat scroll down for video  a husband (centre) and wife (far left) tackled and subdued an axe wielding man (centre) who came into their store  cctv of the store shows the shop assistant then pull off the man's mask so his face is shown to the cameras the incident took place at about 755pm on sunday as the couple's 12 year old son was also in the building after the men burst into the store, both with their faces covered, one of them failed to get behind the counter the second man guarded the door but fled when mr dhillon ignored the danger and pounced on the first man from behind the man burst into the shop with his hood up and a scarf covering his face, as another guarded the door  the pair fell against shelves in the  store, knocking items to the ground mr dhillon managed to force the man to the floor where he placed him in a stranglehold   while the other man fled meanwhile, mr dhillon's wife, sam, 40, arrived and used her son's baseball bat to help further subdue the man until police arrived ms brighty also helped restrain him sab dhillon heard the exchange and pounded on the man from behind, in a bid to subdue him  after a brief scuffle mr dhillon managed to wrestle the masked man to the floor and subdue him  mrs dhillon   came out to the store, armed with a baseball bat to subdue the man as the assistant held the door  mr dhillon said: 'i was in the back of the shop on the computer and i noticed two lads walk in and then i heard andrea shouting 'i saw the axe and i just ran at him and we ended up having a scuffle 'the whole thing was pure instinct, i didn't have time to think 'i think everyone imagines these situations when they work in retail but you never think it will actually happen to you 'to be honest i am a little bit surprised by my own actions and i can't believe i did what i did 'i had him round the neck and i just held him there until the police arrived 'i managed to get the axe off him 'i put him in a choke hold, again instinctively, i don't know why i thought of that 'i just wanted to protect my staff and make sure that no of them get hurt we have been here for five years, there has been a couple of minor incidents but nothing at this level mrs dhillon said the incident had made them more cautious especially late at night she said: 'my husband's brave for what he did he put his life in danger and it was scary' shaun andrew mckerry, 31, of coundon, near bishop auckland, has been charged with attempted robbery he has been remanded in custody to appear at durham crown court on march 31 a knife wielding raider burst into a newsagents in south tyneside and threatened staff the man burst into the store at about 930am on tuesday, brandishing a blade he left empty handed but made off with two other men staff were left shaken but unharmed by the incident police are appealing for witnesses and looking for the two men who were outside the shop while the incident took place a 19 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of robbery and is currently in custody anyone with information should contact police on 101, extension 69191, quoting log number 216 of 17/03/15 or ring crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 a man burst into a newsagents in south tyneside and brandished a knife at staff, who were left shaken  sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article
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two hooded men, one wielding an axe, burst into store demanding cash  one of the men told a shop assistant to put money into his bag  sab dhillon heard and pounced on the axe wielding man from behind  after a scuffle dhillon pinned man to the floor and held him in chokehold  his wife appeared and subdued the masked man with a baseball bat  shop assistant helped and tore off his mask, exposing face to cameras 