A MASKED raider who tied up and blindfolded two diamond dealers during a botched armed robbery was yesterday jailed for eight years.
Brothers Ng Sai-hoi, 40, and Ng Sai-Tok, 41, were attacked after locking diamonds worth $10 million in their Central office safe, the High Court heard.
The diamond dealers were cornered as they left their offices when one of the robbers got in the lift with them and stopped it.
Prosecutor Francis Lo said the man was joined by four other masked men, with two carrying knives.
''The man inside the lift took out a pistol-like object, pushed the brothers out of the lift and together with the other four men dragged them into the women's toilet,'' Mr Lo said.
They gang seized the men's Rolex watches and Ng Sai-tok's wallet containing $18,000 and credit cards.
