THIS is the terrifying moment a gold dealer was attacked with a stun gun in his home by a raider posing as a parcel deliveryman.
In an unexpected twist, would-be robber Paul Grimshaw ended up fleeing for his life – as two women armed with knives chased him off.
Victim Nigel Blackburn's screams prompted his fiancée, Pranee Rice, 29, and her friend, Mornrat Sangyang, 27, to leap into action.
Pranee, only seconds earlier, answered the door to the reflective jacket-wearing deliveryman, who insisted Mr Blackburn personally sign for a parcel.
The attack, in Mr Blackburn's home, in Hemington, near Castle Donington, was captured on film.
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After seeing the footage at Leicester Crown Court, Judge Simon Hammond jailed Grimshaw for eight years.
He publicly commended the two women for their "great bravery."
Afterwards, Mr Blackburn, 56, who was floored during the attack – as the Taser was embedded into his neck – said he feared for his life.
Paying tribute to his rescuers, he said: "They possibly stopped me from being killed. I can't begin to explain the pain – it was excruciating.
"Pranee and Mornrat heard me shouting and came downstairs as fast as two horses bolting, grabbed some knives, and charged straight at him, screaming to get out.
"He must have been thinking, 'I'm not taking them on'.
"In fact, Mornrat went back to get a meat cleaver."
Speaking outside court after sentencing, Pranee remarked: "We were upstairs, heard the noise, and just acted instinctively, without thinking.
"We're pleased the man is now behind bars and can't harm anyone else for the next few years. It was very frightening, but we'd do it again."
Grimshaw, 31, of Lytham St Anne's, Lancashire, who fled empty-handed, admitted aggravated burglary and possessing a stun gun with intent to commit robbery.
He told police he was reluctantly recruited, under threat by a gang, to enter the home on June 20, intending to overpower the victim before others looted the house. No-one else was caught.
Grimshaw left behind a clipboard with his fingerprints on.
Mr Blackburn, who suffered a cut arm as well as facial and neck injuries, has now moved house and sold his car with a distinctive personalised registration number plate.
He said: "It's left a legacy of immense fear and my partner won't sleep without a weapon next to the bed.
"I've changed everyday life because of people who don't give a damn. Tight security, and not going anywhere without protection, is now routine."
Judge Hammond said: "It must have been absolutely terrifying. Both these women behaved with incredible bravery."
Philip Gibbs, prosecuting, said: "The whole incident was shocking."
Brian Williams, for Grimshaw, said: "He's sickened by what he did and it was completely out of his league. He accepts what the women did was a brave thing and apologises to everyone in the house. When they appeared, he went away and didn't seek to take on the two women."
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