A burglary victim has told how four masked raiders burst into his home and threatened to burn him alive - after getting the wrong address.

Ian Alcock, 49, was at home alone when the gang smashed down two of his doors and demanded cash from him, before breaking his upper jaw and left eye socket.

The raiders, dressed in black and wearing balaclavas, wrongly believed the singer had drugs before saying to each other, 'We'll take him with us, we'll set fire to him.'

Ian Alcock, 49, was at home alone when a gang smashed down two of his doors and demanded cash from him, before breaking his upper jaw and left eye socket

The raiders, dressed in black and wearing balaclavas, wrongly believed Mr Alcock had drugs before saying to each other, 'We'll take him with us, we'll set fire to him.'

A an e-fit of one of the men suspected of attacking Mr Alcock

After three of the thugs ransacked the £370,000 detached house, Ian lunged at the one remaining man before running outside, jumping over a fence and flagging down a car.

He dialled 999 but when officers arrived at his countryside home in Talke, Staffordshire, the intruders had fled with thousands of pounds worth of valuables.

Mr Alcock believes the men wrongly thought he was associated with a nearby property which had been raided for cannabis.

Mr Alcock, frontman for tribute band Definitely Mightbe, described the moment the robbers barged into his home at 10.30pm on August 5.

He said: 'I was sitting here with the TV on and my laptop on when I heard a "Bang! Bang!"

'I thought the noise was outside and as I walked through to the kitchen I realised someone was trying to break in and they were kicking the door.

After three of the thugs ransacked the £370,000 detached house, Mr Alcock lunged at one remaining man before running outside, jumping over a fence and flagging down a car

'I ran back and put two bolts across the door, but they kicked the two doors in.

'I was confronted by four males who must have been in their late 20s or early 30s.

'A big fight ensued and I tried to defend myself but I was overpowered.

'We smashed into my glass table and a guitar was thrown across my spare room.

'I must have been knocked out as the next thing I knew I was kneeling by the log burner and they were standing around me.

'I looked up and one of them took off his balaclava and stood with his hands on his hips and said: 'Where's the cash? Where's the drugs?'

Mr Alcock spent five days at the Royal Stoke University Hospital where he was treated for a broken upper jaw and broken eye socket. This chilling picture shows blood left on the floor of Mr Alcock's house after the attack

'Bang! Bang!' they hit me again. I was covered in blood and they said, "Take him to the door".

'They took me to the door and said lie on the floor. I thought, "Lie on the floor and I'm dead", so I crouched on the floor.

'I just thought I need to get out.

'I said take my laptop, take my phone, take my wallet, take my van and go, but they wouldn't.

'Then one of the men said, 'We will take him with us, we'll set fire to him.'

'Three of them went through the house and one stood over me with a brick, constantly looking around.

'I don't know how I did it, but I lunged at him and got him on the floor. I heard the others coming back so I jumped the gate and fence and managed to flag a car down.

The raiders escaped with thousands of pounds from the property and it is thought they ran across fields and roads to a nearby getaway car in Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

'I had done nothing wrong and they targeted me. I thought I was going to die.

'I am OK in the day but I can't sleep here at night.

'I would urge anyone with information to come forward.

'I had two doors locked, you should be safe in your own home. If they have done it once they will do it again as they think they've got away with it..'

The raiders escaped with thousands of pounds from the property and it is thought they ran across fields and roads to a nearby getaway car in Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.

Ian spent five days at the Royal Stoke University Hospital where he was treated for a broken upper jaw and broken eye socket.

He also required between 40 to 50 stitches for cuts on his head and leg, along with further stitches to his lip and had six teeth smashed out.

Ian, who has just started playing in his band again, is still waiting for implants for the teeth he had knocked out, and said he still suffers from double vision.

Staffordshire Police have released an e-fit of one of Ian's attackers and a £5,000 reward is being offered by Crimestoppers in a bid to catch the gang.