The astonishing moment brave members of the public chased two armed robbers in Manchester city centre has been caught on film.

The pair had just carried out a smash and grab raid on Arthur Kay and Bro jewellers in Market Street.

But as they attempt to speed away furious shoppers move towards them, hurling abuse.

One can be heard to say ‘Got you Got you mate’ as the raiders’ lime green Kawasaki motorbike stalls.

The pillion passenger who has just smashed the window of the store with a sledgehammer has to try twice to jump back on the bike.

He looks over his shoulder as a shopper moves towards him filming him on a mobile phone.

In another video a shopper throws a missile at the robbers as they make a get away and hits the helmet of one.

Other shoppers then jump out of the way as the rider starts the machine and accelerates away through a taxi rank.

One even ran right up close to the riders in a bid to capture their images to help police capture them.

His amazing footage shows how he ran across the road to capture the masked pair.

The MEN tracked the man down and he handed over the amazing footage.

The 46-year-old company director from Sheffield, who was shopping with his wife, said: "We came out of Zara. What caught our attention was that someone was revving hell out of a motorbike. He was purposely drawing attention to it. He had a sledge-hammer and he was smashing the window.

"I thought the best thing I could do as capture it on film so at least there was some evidence for the police.

"I actually wish now I had pushed him off. My first instinct was to get in there. I know about bikes and they would have been stuck."

He said he had seen the Kawasaki 'carrying out a recce' about 45 minutes earlier.

His wife said: "I'm really proud of him but I was also a bit worried. I just wish we could have done more."

Another on-looker said: "It was a really brave thing to do. You never know what can happen in those situations."

Staff at The Whisky Shop next door closed up as soon they saw the robbers in action.

One member of staff in the shop who tried to challenge them said: "He revved his engine at me aggressively so I backed off. From where I was standing I could see into the window and the manager was on the other side scraping stuff from the window display back into the shop. I think they can't have taken more than 15 or 20 Rolexes."

Another shop worker, 19, said: "First we heard revving and I came outside and saw a green motorbike driving up the road. It kept on revving until it had scared everyone away from outside the jewellers.

"Another guy then came from the opposite direction, got his hammer and started smashing the window. He hit it a few times until it had properly smashed.

"Once they had made the hole big enough he grabbed what he could from the display.

"By this point there was a lot of people crowding around with their phones out.

"People tried to obstruct them when they were leaving but he managed to drive away.

"It was quite scary, We had quite a lot of customers who were backing into the shop. They were scared. I have never seen anything like that and I hope I never will again."