Girl, 16, fought off masked robber who tied up her and brother

A teenage miss fought disconnected a masked robber who broke into her Glasgow home.

The 16-year-old and her brother, 13, were tied up portion 2 men ransacked their parents' location successful Baillieston successful December past year.

The full ordeal was overheard by a person of the miss who had been connected a video telephone erstwhile the men arrived.

The miss was capable to escaped herself and deed thief Robert Anderson, 65, connected the caput with a woody instrumentality earlier helium made disconnected with jewellery and cash.

The High Court successful Glasgow heard that the teenagers were astatine location unsocial portion their parents were astatine work.

The miss was connected a video telephone with a lad erstwhile she answered a sound astatine the door.

Masked Anderson and an chartless antheral accomplice barged into the location and locked the door.

They shouted: "Where's the safe, where's the money, don't move, beryllium down oregon else."

The 2nd antheral grabbed a brace of scissors and threatened to termination the sister and member and their family.

The men dragged the teenagers into the surviving country and tied their arms and legs with wire, Christmas histrion lights and a schoolhouse tie.

The victims told the brace determination was nary harmless successful the spot but handed implicit £65 of their ain cash.

The 2 men went connected to ransack the house, opening drawers and cupboards.

Prosecutor Leigh Lawrie said: "Unbeknown to the men, the lad remained connected the video telephone and heard the threats being made.

"He alerted his begetter and parent who besides overheard the threats and contacted the constabulary arsenic good arsenic the victims' parents."

The boy's parents went to the location and banged connected the locked doorway arsenic the victims shouted for help.

Ms Lawrie added: "The miss shouted that the men were going retired the backmost doorway and astatine this constituent she was capable to escaped herself.

"She picked up a woody instrumentality and deed Anderson implicit the head."

The 2 men ran disconnected earlier constabulary arrived.

Officers were capable to hint Anderson to a neighbouring spot and helium was arrested. The different man's whereabouts is inactive unknown.

Anderson was treated for a caput wounded astatine infirmary earlier being held successful custody.

In tribunal connected Friday helium admitted battle and robbery and was remanded successful custody pending a sentencing proceeding adjacent month.

Judge Lord Scott said: "A custodial condemnation is inevitable. It indispensable person been an ordeal for these children to person this hap to them successful their ain home."

Anderson was antecedently jailed for six years aft impersonating a constabulary officer.

He utilized fake recognition to transportation retired a spate of robberies against aged radical successful Glasgow, arsenic good arsenic Giffnock successful East Renfrewshire and Airdrie successful North Lanarkshire.