TWO thugs are behind bars after carrying out a terrifying £500k armed robbery at Gleneagles Hotel that left staff and guests fleeing for their lives.

Career criminals Richard Fleming, 42, and Liam Richardson, 30, were part of a three-man gang who carried out the shocking heist armed with hammers, a machete and a pistol at the posh resort in Perthshire, Scotland.

The gang stormed the five-star hotel complex in June last year, pointing a gun at staff before stealing a huge haul of high-value Rolex watches from a jewellery store within the resort.

Today, London hood Fleming was found guilty over his involvement in the raid following a trial at the High Court in Edinburgh.

Accomplice Liam Richardson had already pled guilty to his part in the robbery.

The pair will be sentenced next month.

The gang – armed with hammers, a machete, and a pistol – smashed display cabinets and made off with Rolex watches from jewellers Mappin & Webb.

Jewellery salesman Daniel Horne, 54, said he feared terrorists had launched a killing spree.

He told the court: “I heard bangs and said to my colleague, ‘That sounds like gunfire’.

“I thought they were killing people. I thought it was a terrorist attack.”

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