A GUN-wielding burglar terrorised a couple and their baby in the middle of the night before stealing their cash.

Police are still hunting for the armed thief who forced his way into a house on Chiltern Meadow, Clayton-le-Woods, at around 4.45am on Thursday, August 30.

The raider then made his way into a bedroom where a 30-year-old man, his wife and their three-week-old daughter were sleeping.

Once inside the thief put a metal, square-barrelled pistol to the sleeping man's head. He woke up and struggled violently with the burglar.

The thief made the man's wife lie on the floor next to the bed covered by a quilt and passed her the baby.

Eventually he asked to know where the family kept their money then stole it. Before escaping he made the husband lie face down on the bed.

The burglar was described around 6ft tall with a thin build. He wore a black woollen balaclava with eye and mouth holes pulled down over his face.

He was also wearing a navy blue bomber-style jacket with an elasticated waist, dark blue denim jeans and dark blue woollen gloves.

He spoke with a Liverpool accent. The gun is thought to have been real.

Anyone with with information to the terryfying ordeal should call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.