An alleged robbery victim has told a jury he was 'scared for his life' after he was threatened with a knife. 

John Loveridge, 33, and Jade Harper, 29, both of Between Towns Road, in the Cowley area of Oxford, are on trial at Oxford Crown Court. 

They are both charged with one count of robbery after allegedly taking £150 from Craig Timms on March 14 this year.

Loveridge is also charged with one count of possession of a bladed article. The pair deny the offences. 

On Tuesday, September 24, the court heard from the alleged victim Mr Timms. 

He told the jury that he was a neighbour of Harper and that she was in a relationship with Loveridge. 

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Mr Timms added that he received text messages from Harper in the early hours of March 14, saying that she was outside his flat with Loveridge. However, when he got to his flat, they were not there. 

Minutes later, he said, Harper was at the door of his flat offering 'roll-ups'.

Mr Timms said: “They barged in. I didn't invite them in, I don't know what they expected to find. I was told to 'sit down and shut the f*** up.' John then got a knife out.”

Mr Timms said another man was with the pair who he knew as Sam Loveridge. 

He added: “I was scared for my life. He said he would cut me up into pieces.”

Mr Timms told the court that the group wanted money and kept asking when he was paid. He added that they wanted £40, so went to a cash point together. 

The jury was told that when they arrived at a cash machine, Loveridge shoved Mr Timms out of the way and withdrew £150.

Mr Timms told the court that Loveridge said: "Why take £40 when you can take it all?"

Mr Timms said: “I went back to my flat and barricaded myself in. I have not been back to my flat since. It has turned my life upside down.”

The jury was then shown CCTV footage of a group of four people walking to a cash point.

One angle was facing towards the people using the cash point, with one man, who Mr Timms said was him, being shoved out of the way by a man he said was Loveridge. 

In cross examination, Mr Timms was asked about his relationship with Harper.

He said: “I knew her a little bit. We would help each other out, but that changed when John came. I didn't like the dude.”

Mr Timms denied owing the pair money and said: “If I owed them money, I would have given it to them, they wouldn't have had to rob me.”

The trial continues.