A robbery victim has told a jury how he hid £8,000 which the gang had missed because he feared they would come back for the money.
Joshua Youens-Stunell was in charge of the entertainments complex at the Golden Sands Holiday Park in Dawlish, Devon, when it was targeted by a masked gang a year ago.
He was hit over the head during the attack and saw his colleague Timothy Harrison seriously wounded by an axe and a hammer before four balaclava clad men escaped with £10,000.
He told Exeter Crown Court he went to his office in a different part of the site and hid a further £8,270 takings under a caravan to keep it safe from the gang.
The prosecution say he stole the money because he had credit card bills of £70,000 and was planning to pick it up from its hiding place the next day.
The cash was handed to police by an honest holidaymaker after one of the envelopes containing the bank notes split open and the money started blowing across the site.
Youens-Stunell, of Fore Street, Seaton, East Devon, denies theft.
He said he was so traumatised by the robbery he decided on the spot to leave his job as manager of the entertainments complex.
After calling the emergency services and waiting for them to start treating Mr Harrison he asked a policeman to walk with him for protection as he went the short distance from the reception area to the his office in the bar area.
The officer told him he could not leave the crime scene and so Youens-Stunell said he went on his own and emptied his drawers of personal items including his passport and driving licence.
The then turned off the lights, opened the safe, and removed the £8,270 but told the jury he had no intention of stealing it.
He said:"I switched off the lights because there were no curtains in the window and I thought the robbers may see me taking the money out of the safe.
"I was fearful they would be back. I lost control. My intention was just to secure the money in the safe. I know it sounds ridiculous but I felt I had to get the money out of the complex.
"I was planning to put it in a safe place. When I left the room I did not intend to put it under the caravan. I was looking for a safe place away from the entertainments complex. I did not know where to hide it.
"I was concerned the robbers might see me walking around outside. I felt I had to get it out of the complex because if there was going to be another attack that would be the next place they would go, especially if people could see the lights on in there."
