PETA Cavendish broke down today as she told jurors how her husband Mark was "dragged from his feet" by armed raiders.
The balaclava-wearing robbers are accused of carrying out a terrifying knifepoint raid at the couple's home in Ongar, Essex.
Peta sobbed today as she told Chelmsford Crown Court how the burglary in November 2021 was "everyone's worst nightmare".
The former model said her husband was violently attacked by the robbers, who "dragged him from his feet and started punching him".
Peta added: "One of them had him in a headlock and one of them then pulled a huge black knife to his throat.
"They said 'where's the watches' and 'do you want me to stab you up in front of your kid'."
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She told jurors how she shielded their three-year-old son after seeing the balaclava-clad men.
Peta said the raiders demanded "where's the watches, where's the safe" as she held the duvet over the tot.
Meanwhile, Olympic silver medallist Mark was on the floor still from the attack as the men turned Peta's dressing room "upside down".
Recounting the events leading up to the raid, Peta said she was woken by a noise downstairs.
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Believing her son had woken up and dropped something, she suddenly noticed the robbers "running towards the stairs".
Peta added: "It's everyone's worst nightmare, it wasn't what I thought I was going down to. I didn't think in anyone's realm of possibility that I thought that's what you're going down to .
"It was so sudden that I didn't have time to think about how you're going to react to something, but I knew my babies were in my house."
The court was told the couple's patio door was smashed in the burglary – causing cyclist Mark to injure his feet.
Peta said she was "100 per cent sure" that there were at least four men in the house and that at least one of them was black and one white.
Romario Henry, 31, and Oludewa Okorosobo, 28, are accused of carrying out the "planned invasion".
Two more suspects are currently still on the loose, jurors were told.
The court heard previously how Mark was subjected to a terrifying assault in his own bedroom after the raiders broke into the house.
The gang allegedly threatened to stab the couple before making off with two Richard Mille watches, worth £400,000 and £300,000.
Mark, who was recovering from injuries at the time, was "jumped on" by some of the intruders as an alarm went off, jurors heard.
Henry, 31, of Lewisham, and Oludewa Okorosobo, of Camberwell, deny two counts of robbery.
Ali Sesay, 28, whose DNA was matched to Peta's phone, has already pleaded guilty to robbery.
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The trial continues.
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