This is the moment a Tameside bar's windows were wrecked - by a man who staff believe they had asked to leave hours earlier.
The team at The Silly Country, in Droylsden, woke up to the news that seven of the bar's windows had been smashed in at around 6am today (November 26).
Manager Dani Whitehead says it came just hours after a man became 'worked up' in the bar and began talking about Dale Cregan, who killed police officers Nicola Hughes and Fiona Bone in 2012, before being asked to leave.
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And having watched back CCTV footage from inside the bar last night and from the windows being smashed in today, both Ms Whitehead and co-owner Katy Glover are certain the same man - wearing the same clothes - was responsible.
Ms Whitehead said: "This guy was in the bar and he started approaching people, asking where they were from.
"He was trying to speak to them but he got himself worked up. He was taking about Dale Cregan, being erratic and not making much sense. He was saying he was 'going to get the boys down'.
"He went back to sit at the bar with his pint and he was still shouting. I said, 'calm down, we are just having a nice chilled drink, there's nothing to shout about'.
"But he turned on me, started being abusive, so I asked him to finish his drink and leave. He said 'I'll take my drink, I'll do what I want'.
"He threatened to throw it at me. I picked up my phone to call the manager at The Jam Works opposite for support, and as I've done that he slammed his pint pot at the floor and smashed it."
The CCTV footage from this morning shows a man - wearing a dark hooded jacket, gloves and trainers - using an item to smash windows at The Silly Country.
At one point, someone on a bicycle appears to say something to the man, who then approaches him before returning to the windows.
Ms Glover says the damage will now set the bar back thousands of pounds, while they have also lost out on trade today.
She said: "I spent the morning ringing round trying to see who could look after my little boy and eventually got him to nursery. I came here and we've been scooping up glass ever since.
"We've been open for three years and we've never had any sort of trouble.
"It's not the type of bar where this ever happens. It's a craft beer bar, we close at 11pm, we never have fights and we've never had a problem.
"We're just glad that this has happened when we were closed, rather than when we have been open, when someone could have got injured."
The Crimewatchers group in Droylsden noticed the smashed windows and contacted The Jam Works, who got in touch with Ms Glover this morning.
Greater Manchester Police is investigating the incident and no arrests have been made so far.
Anyone with information can contact the force online or by calling 101, quoting the incident number CRI/06GG/0026684/21.
