An axeman threatened a teenager after breaking into a family home in broad daylight on Valentine’s Day last year, a court heard today.

After being confronted by the man, the terrified victim Jack Pearsall, then 19, hid in his parents' bedroom, heard noises downstairs and pleaded with a 999 operator to make police come more quickly.

The armed burglar escaped with an Armani watch.

A sniffer dog led police across the road to a hostel where they arrested Jamie Funnel, then 28, in Leatherhead.

Mr Funnel, who has denied aggravated burglary and claims it was a case of mistaken identity, is standing trial at Guildford Crown Court this week.

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In a recording of a 999 call played in court, Mr Pearsall said: "There’s someone in my house. Someone came up to my room with an axe. I’m here on my own."

While waiting for police at the house in Epsom Road, Mr Pearsall kept asking where they were and what he should do if the axeman came back.

"I’m really scared," he said, adding: "I don’t know if he’s down there or not."

Mr Pearsall told police the door of the garden shed was open.

He later realised the burglar had taken his silver Armani watch, which he had taken off earlier in the kitchen and had been a gift.

Mr Pearsall told the court he had been upstairs listening to music on headphones in his bedroom when he saw a shadow at about 2.30pm.

The axeman looked round the door and stood face-to-face with him.

Mr Pearsall followed him to the staircase and asked: "What are you doing?"

He told the court: "He had an axe in his right hand. He raised it above his head as if he was about to hit me."

Mr Pearsall backed away and said "you don’t have to do anything" and hid in his parents' bedroom.

In court today, he said the noises downstairs may have been the kitchen door banging in the wind.

The axe, which was found in the family's garden, was in the courtroom as evidence.

The jury also watched footage of Mr Pearsall picking Mr Funnel out of an identity parade on the day after the burglary, February 15.

At a police station, he was shown images of nine people, including the suspect, looking at the camera then turning their heads left and right.

Prosecutor Ruby Selva said, just after the burglary, a sniffer dog, called Flo, led police to a hostel in Daymerslea Ridge where they found Mr Funnel in a communal area.

Ms Selva said: "That dog was able to trace the scent of the defendant from Mr Pearsall’s house to his own property."

She said his dark clothes matched the description given by the victim and as he was arrested Mr Funnel protested "it wasn’t me".

She said it had been raining on Valentine's Day and police found a damp coat in his room, although Mr Funnel argued it had been near a window and had a "waterproof feel".

Mr Funnel said he got up at about 12.30pm on the day of the burglary and went on his PlayStation, but the prosecutor said the housing manager did not see him doing this.

The prosecutor added: "The defendant is saying in simple terms ‘I’m not the man and it’s a case of mistaken identity’."

Mr Funnel, now 29, is bailed to an address in Hampstead Road, Dorking, and must meet an 8pm to 7am curfew.

The case continues in front of Judge T Corrie.