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His father thought to be flooring firm boss Ray Hawkins, 45 is understood to have opened the door at 9.30pm on Friday thinking that a parcel was being delivered.
The masked gang, one possibly wearing a courier uniform, burst in, slashing his head with a machete, shouting: “Where’s the safe?”
His son was in another room playing a computer game but was blasted in the arm when the raiders went in searching for cash.
There were also reports a knife was held to a woman’s throat — believed to be Ray’s wife Laura.
The gang are still on the loose, despite a police helicopter searching through the night. A source close to the family told The Sun on Sunday: “They had a knock at the door saying it was a delivery.
“They opened the door and they hit him over the head with a machete, on the back of the head. Then they shouted, ‘Where’s the safe? We want the money’.
A police spokesman said: “The condition of the man is not life-threatening or life-changing. The condition of the boy is not life-threatening but may be life-changing.”