Family held hostage in NI pub robbery

Police in Belfast are investigating an attack in which a bar manager's family was held at gunpoint in their home while the man…

Police in Belfast are investigating an attack in which a bar manager's family was held at gunpoint in their home while the man was forced to get money from the bar.

The man was at his home in Horn Drive, Belfast, when he answered a knock at the front door and was confronted by two armed men who forced their way inside.

The man's partner, two teenage children and a one-year old baby were ordered into an upstairs bedroom, and he was told to go to the Laurel Glen Bar on the Stewartstown Road and collect cash.

The men remained in the house while the bar manager did as ordered and then drove to a chapel on Glenvey Drive where he was met by a third man who took the cash from him.The bar manager returned to his home and raised the alarm. His family were not injured.