This is the terrifying moment an axe-wielding thug storms into a shop and attacks the owner before his wife bravely fights back.<br /><br />The robber barged into Weston News in Worcester at around 2.30pm last Thursday (6/2).<br /><br />CCTV shows the shopkeeper standing at the door when the thug bursts in brandishing a fire axe.<br /><br />Incredibly, as he pushed the terrified shopkeeper towards the till, the victim’s wife confronted the robber.<br /><br />Footage shows her using her bare hands to try and shove the crazed axe man while protecting her husband.<br /><br />At one point the violent crook holds a blade against the shopkeeper’s throat while demanding cash from the till.<br /><br />After stuffing wads of notes into his pocket, the crook fled on foot.
