This is the awe-inspiring moment a heroic bar owner tackles a knife-wielding burglar to the ground after he caused £3,000 worth of damage.

Alex Grundy, 34, owns the Cafe Stella bar in Leigh, Greater Manchester, with his 39-year-old wife Zoe.

He said he was at home in bed on the night of the break in and got an alert on his phone because the burglar alarm at the bar had gone off.

Alex Grundy, 34, tackled a knife-wielding burglar, Lee Greensmith, to the ground that had caused £3,000 worth of damage to his bar

Alex Grundy, 34, owns the bar called Cafe Stella in Leigh, Wigan, with his wife Zoe, 39 (both pictured)

Mr Grundy said: 'I headed over and the bar owner from next door was also outside.

'We went inside and the damage was done. Bottles of gin missing, cash missing.

'Then I heard the back doors so ran through and there he was.'

The burglar turned out to be a well-known thief in the area called Lee Greensmith.

CCTV footage from the night shows Mr Grundy tackle Greensmith to the ground and punch him.

CCTV footage from the night shows Greensmith break into the bar using what appears to be a crowbar before smashing a slot machine

Mr Grundy said: 'Once we stopped him, we carried him to the front and the police arrived within five minutes'

Earlier in the evening footage shows Greensmith breaking into the bar with what appears to be a crowbar and smashing a slot machine.

Mr Grundy said: 'Once we stopped him, we carried him to the front and the police arrived within five minutes.'

Greensmith was sentenced to two years and six months in prison at Bolton Crown Court for carrying a bladed article in a public space and burglary with intent to steal.