A TOP doctor told how masked raiders threatened to chop off his head during a robbery at his luxury home.

The gang stormed the Kittochside House property in East Kilbride in April last year.

The consultant anaesthetist was slashed with a machete while his teacher wife and son were also terrorised.

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The robbers stole the family's £70,000 Range Rover as well as a haul of items including a £4,000 diamond ring and a £2,000 Rolex watch.

Declan McCluskey, 23, was convicted of assault and robbery after a trial at the High Court in Glasgow.

Michael McInnes, 28, had earlier pled guilty to the same charge.

The duo face lengthy jail-terms when they are sentenced next month.

The family became aware of a “loud crash” as the mob forced their way in.

The doctor – who works at Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital – recalled “chaos” in his home.

The 57-year-old was wounded on the leg and threatened with a golf club.

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The house was “turned on its head” as windows were damaged, drawers ransacked and phones ripped out of sockets.

The doctor said: “They … stated: 'If you call police then we are coming back for you'.

“I honestly thought they would. I have never been as scared in my life.”

The teacher told the trial how she had pleaded with one of the robbers before they fled.

The doctor told the court: “[My wife] was huddled in the kitchen – she was a wreck. My wife was absolutely sodden with tears.

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“She had actually thought we were dead upstairs.”

The gang also escaped with a Volkswagen Golf.

But, the 4x4 ended up being smacked off a wall and they couldn’t the other car started.

Other goods taken were a £1,000 wedding ring, a £1,200 designer Mulberry bag, as well as an iPad and phones.

Judge Johanna Johnston QC said: "This was a traumatic and horrifying attack in this home.”