This is the chilling moment a woman screams in terror as three masked burglars smashed their way into her home armed with a sledgehammer and an axe.

Anthony Everitt, 41, and co-defendants Darius Woodstock, 19, and a 16-year-old who cannot be named for legal reasons, stole a £50,000 Audi from the property in Bridgnorth, Shropshire just before midnight on July 1 last year.

They then drove 40 minutes in convoy to a second house in Wombourne, Staffordshire, where they threatened the homeowner with machetes and baseball bats before taking a second Audi in a failed plot to steal luxury cars.

Everitt, from Great Wyrley, West Midlands was jailed for ten years at Shrewsbury Crown Court on Wednesday after admitting aggravated burglary, theft and attempted theft.

Woodstock, from Bilston, West Midlands, was sentenced to seven years at a young offenders institution, while the youth, from the same area, was handed a six-year detention order.

They both pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated burglary, two counts of theft, and one count of attempted theft.

CCTV footage captured the moment a woman shrieked in fear as three burglers smashed open her front door and demanded the car keys. Anthony Everitt, 41 (left), Darius Woodstock, 19, (right) and a third 16-year-old carried out two burglaries in the West Midlands

Harrowing CCTV footage shows two of the burglers kicking the front door before a woman lets out a harrowing shriek from within the house.

She screams 'F*** off!' as the pair shatter open a door window with a sledgehammer.

'Where's the keys?! Give me the keys!' shouts a burgler as another window on the door is smashed to pieces.

Two of the men were later arrested in Wolverhampton within half an hour of the burglaries while the third was arrested a short time later.

Describing the first attack, prosecutor Phillip Beardwell said: 'They attacked the front door smashing through the glass and kicked at it. One weapon pushed into the house.

'The owners resisted the attackers the best they could by throwing things at them in order to try and keep them out of the house.

Shocking CCTV footage captures the three criminals shattering windows on the door with a sledgehammer as a woman shrieks from inside the house and demanding the keys to a £50,000 Audi

A second burglary was carried out 40 minutes later, where they took another Audi, in Wombourne, Staffordshire

'However, the burglars who were demanding car keys got the car keys and drove off in it.

'Their disguises were such that no one was able to identify the attackers. However, CCTV shows three attackers, what they were doing and what they did..'

Mr Beardwell said in the second raid, the attackers shouted 'give me the gold' in the belief that the occupants possessed gold jewellery.

Sentencing the three, Judge Peter Barrie said: 'You caused significant loss to the occupiers of these properties.

'There was violence, vandalism of front doors to break your way in. In both incidents the occupiers. The families were left traumatised.

'We have heard on the footage, you making threats of violence, use of threats of violence and weapons which you didn’t hesitate to use.

'This is almost a full house of the greater harm category under the sentencing guidelines.'

Cathlyn Orchard, defending Everitt, said he was not the 'leading' light and it was a joint enterprise.

Detective Chief Inspector Mike Nally, of West Mercia Police, said after the case: 'These were brutal attacks on the victims homes.

'I hope these sentences send a clear message to those who think they can commit such violent offences in our communities that we will do all we can to make sure they are apprehended and put before the courts.

'We’re committed to protecting our communities from those who cause the most harm, and together with our partner agencies, we will do all we can to reduce the impact of burglary and vehicle thefts across the county.

'Making it difficult for thieves is paramount and we would always urge people to be vigilant.'