The incredible moment a man grabbed a baseball bat to fend off robbers armed with sledgehammer has been caught on camera.

A brave passer-by was left 'covered in blood' when he tackled the gang of men as they smashed the windows of a jewellery store in Windsor, Berkshire, this morning.

Three people were later arrested after the attempted raid at the Robert Gatward Jewellers, reports the Sun.

Pictured, one of the robbers trips over and sends a man flying as he bursts out of the jewellers

Pictured, a man wearing a shirt and tie picks up what looks like a metal baseball bat chasers after the raiders

Pictured, two of the gang are knocked to the ground as they try to flee the scene of a moped

Witnesses said they saw the gang smash the windows of the store before attempting to flee the scene, near Windsor Castle, on motorbikes.

One suspect was tripped by a bystander, while members of the public managed to leap on top of two of the men, pinning them down until police arrived.

Another member of the public, who witnesses said was wearing a shirt and tie, also picked up a bat from the floor and tried to chase the men.

Two of the suspects then crashed a moped and fell to the ground, where they are then were surrounded by a crowd.

Hannah Carrington, 20, who was working at the nearby Polarn O Pyret clothing shop when the attack happened, said she saw one man covered in blood after pinning one of the suspected raiders to the floor.

'There was a guy who was sat on one of them and when the police came he got off and had blood on his shirt,' she said.

'It was those guys that actually caught them - if it was not for them, they would have got away.'

A brave passer-by was hurt when he tackled a gang of armed robbers as they smashed the windows of a jewellery store. This picture shows other pedestrians pinnin the alleged thieves to the ground outside the Robert Gatward Jewellers near Windsor Castle

A witness claimed she saw the gang arrive on two motorbikes and she saw one of the men using a sledgehammer to smash the windows of the jewellers (pictured)

Two of the suspects crashed a moped and fell to the ground, where they are then were surrounded by a crowd

The shop sits in the pedestrianised area of the town centre just 200 yards from Windsor Castle, which is popular with tourists.

The member of the public who intervened was taken to hospital for treatment but his injury is not thought to be serious, Thames Valley Police said.

Miss Carrington described how people passing the shop tackled two of the gang to the floor and held them on the ground until police arrived.

She said the gang arrived on two motorbikes and she saw one of the men using a sledgehammer to smash the windows of the jewellers.

She said: 'They arrived on two motorbikes , which we thought was the cleaner's blower but all of a sudden we heard all this screaming and banging.

One of the motorbikes the alleged raiders arrived on lies abandoned on the pavement outside the Windsor town centre store

'I looked out the window and saw three or four guys with a sledgehammer just bashing the window.'

Miss Carrington said several members of the public had intervened despite being threatened by one of the suspects.

She added: 'The guy who was sledgehammering was threatening to hit them and, I don't know where he came from, just a random guy, he squared up to him at first with nothing,'

'The guy was going 'get away' and he was saying 'go on then, go on then.'