Two men accused of taking part in a lorry hijack were filmed during an interrogation session of a hooded man when a gun was produced, a jury heard.

Police investigating the £171,000 hold-up near Worcester found a chilling video at the home of Terence Cutler.

It shows a terrified lorry driver sat down in a chair with Cutler holding a gun, said prosecutor Nigel Godsmark QC. Simon Johnson is also in the room.

Cutler remained silent when questioned about the video - filmed in December 2001 - by police, Worcester Crown Court heard.

Johnson told officers he did not know if the man was all right and said he had been summoned by Cutler "on business" to an address he could not recall.

The QC told the jury they would be shown the seized video during the trial of nine men accused of hijacking a lorry on the M5 slip-road at Whittington, near Worcester, shortly after it left Evesham.Com with a computer load on June 21 last year.

Deny

On trial are: Cutler, aged 33, of Ellis Peters Drive, Telford; Simon Johnson, 21, his brother Aaron Johnson, 19, and father Frederick Johnson, 43, all of Culmington, Stirchley; Andrew Currie, 34, of Bourneside Drive, Brookside, Telford; Philip Price, 47, of West Road, Wellington; Terence Devine, 38, of Coronation Road, Walsall Wood, Walsall; Philip Dolphin, 40, of Bishopdale, Brookside, Telford, and Stephen Booth, 39, of Hurleybrook Way, Leegomery, Telford.

All the defendants deny conspiracy to rob Mr Alan Jones of his load and conspiracy to kidnap him. But the jury was told by the prosecutor that Cutler, Price and Devine have already pleaded guilty to conspiracy to steal the lorry. The six other defendants deny the charge.

Cutler and Price deny possession of a firearm during a robbery.

Cutler and Simon Johnson further plead not guilty to the false imprisonment of an unnamed man on December 12, 2001, and possession of a firearm with intent to commit false imprisonment.

Earlier, the jury heard how radio masts which handle mobile phone calls tracked the movements of the gang after the hijack.

Detectives on Operation Vertigo were able to use records of calls made by the gang to show were they were the day of the hold-up.

The prosecution claim the gang used inside information to hijack the lorry which was flagged down by two bogus policemen. The computer load was then stashed in lock-up garages in Telford and Hinckley.

The trial continues.