She said: We pushed each other out of the office. I managed to escape and called my colleague. That s when they started to fight, I said to my colleague: He has a hammer. He saw the hammer as well.
She said her colleague wrestled with the man and to get the raider off him she hit him on the head with a piece of wood.
They left via the shop s back door to call police.
The raider attempted to leave by the front door which was on a latch and as a result caused damage to the ceiling and lights as he tried to force the door open.