Premier League footballer Andy Carroll made a terrified 999 call to police as he was chased by a gun-wielding robber on a motorbike trying to steal his £22,000 watch, a jury heard.
The 28-year-old West Ham striker smashed into about 10 cars as he fled from two motorcyclists allegedly trying to rob him.
Carroll - who has played for England 11 times - had left West Ham's training ground when he was chased, the jury at Basildon Crown Court heard. He sped back to the training ground, hitting about 10 cars as he called police for help, and on Monday his frantic 999 call describing how one rider had "pulled a gun" was played in court.
Carroll told police in the call: "There's two motorbikes, one's behind me pulling out a gun, I don't know what to do."
As beeping is heard in the background, Carroll says to the operator: "Oh s***, I've hit loads of cars, I don't know what to do, he's just hit my car."
He eventually arrives at the West Ham training ground and tells the operator there are security staff there.
"I've probably just hit about 10 cars on the way here," he said in the call.
Jack O'Brien, 22, denies attempting to rob Mr Carroll.
Prosecutor Simon Gladwell told the court that two bikers chased Carroll after one approached him at a set of traffic lights in Romford Road, Hainault, north east London, and demanded his watch.
Carroll told the jury: "I just pulled up at the traffic lights, my window was open, a bike pulled up next to me and said 'Nice watch'."
He said he replied "Thanks" and told the court he thought he recognised the biker.
"He had his crash helmet on with his visor up," said Carroll. "I stared at him for about 10 seconds as I thought I recognised him and thought he was going to have a conversation."
He continued: "I went to drive away and he said 'Give me your watch'."
He said to start with he "didn't know if it was a joke" but, when he did a U-turn, both bikes turned and followed him.
Bearded Carroll, who had his hair in a bun, wore a dark blue shirt, blue jeans and trainers as he gave evidence.
He used his hands to show jurors how the biker gestured for him to surrender his watch. He also showed the jury a gun gesture.
O'Brien, who wore a white shirt, pink tie and grey trousers, sat beside a female security officer in the secure dock, and Carroll avoided his gaze as he gave evidence.
Mr Gladwell said Carroll was "beeping at other cars and driving on the wrong side of the road to get away".
Carroll told the court: "I was scared, I didn't know what to do.
"I called my partner's dad, I just panicked.
"He told me to ring the police."
In the 999 call, Carroll struggles to recognise road names, as the operator reassures him that police are not far away.
At one point he tells the call handler: "I'm a Premier League footballer."
Michael Edmonds, defending, said O'Brien, of Navarre Gardens, Romford, east London, was not the motorbike rider.
He said O'Brien had used the bike, jacket and helmet for crime before, but that it was not him using the motorbike on this occasion.
The trial, estimated to last three days, continues.
MORE ABOUT