An experienced father-and-son team of robbers have been ordered to pay back the £45k they stole in a vicious cash-in-transit robbery.

Terrance Clark, 50, and his son Lewis Clark, 27, of Battersea, were jailed last June after being found guilty of conspiracy to commit robbery and possession of an imitation firearm with criminal intent.

Terrance Clark was sentenced to life in prison, while his son was handed 16 years.

Victim James Smith, a cash-in-transit worker who had served 24-years in the army, was violently pistol-whipped during the robbery in January 2013, leaving his helmet full of blood and fragments of teeth on his clothes.

The Clarks had travelled to Tattenham Corner, near Epsom Downs Racecourse, to commit armed robbery outside a Co-op store in Tattenham Crescent.

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At a hearing at Guildford Crown Court last Thursday, they were ordered to pay back the £45k they stole under the Proceeds of Crime Act.

They will each pay £22,500.

During proceedings, Lewis Clark gave evidence in which he admitted his part in the robbery but claimed he had disposed of the cash by setting it alight after an alarm on the box was activated and dye destroyed the contents.

He also claimed the cash he was seen spending at Bicester Village was money he had made from competing in boxing.

The court found the evidence was unreliable and the confiscation order was granted.

The pair have six months to pay the money.

If they fail to do so, another 12 months will be added to their sentences.

The Clarks have also been given serious crime prevention orders.

Detective Chief Inspector Paul Rymar, senior investigating officer, said: "Obtaining the two conviction orders and the fact the pair now have to pay back the money they stole in compensation is an additional benefit to the already lengthy prison sentences handed to them.

"The conviction of these violent individuals, the subsequent long sentences, confiscation orders and serious crime prevention orders were testament to the hard work and dedication of the officers and staff from East Surrey CID who investigated this offence and the victim who demonstrated courage throughout the legal proceedings for which he must be commended."