A former veteran firefighter is accused of waiting outside a woman's Mosgiel home until guests left before raping her in her own bed.
Christopher William Ryalls (63), who was a member of the fire service for nearly 40 years, is on trial before the Dunedin District Court after denying the allegation.
Crown prosecutor Catherine Ure said Ryalls had helped the complainant with her car as well as odd jobs around the house, but things took a turn when he propositioned her.
The woman, who gave evidence - often tearfully - yesterday, said the defendant tried to kiss her in the laundry once and later there was an exchange when he assisted in getting her car fixed.
She said she went inside the house to get cash for Ryalls.
"What about instead of paying me with money, you paid me with your body?'' he allegedly said.
The woman told the jury she made it clear that would not happen.
"I laughed thinking it was a joke, and I turned round and left as quickly as I could,'' she said.
On July 17 last year, after further vehicle trouble, Ryalls made the first of three visits to the complainant's house that day.
He told her he would be back later for a drink.
The woman told the court she messaged Ryalls telling him not to come over and also contacted her employer and his wife to raise her concerns.
They agreed to come over to keep her company but the defendant beat them to the property.
The woman said it was clear Ryalls believed they were going to have sex and continuously insisted on her sitting next to him on the couch.
When her boss and his wife showed up, the group had drinks but the complainant said the situation with Ryalls was "awkward''.
She set up a ruse via message with the couple, making it seem as though they would be spending the night at the house.
It was designed to get rid of Ryalls, and it worked.
After 20 minutes, the complainant's friends left, too.
Ryalls later told police he had waited in his car and then gone back to the house when he saw the other guests drive away.
He said they had consensual sex.
The complainant said she let Ryalls in and he quickly led her into the bedroom.
She described being "frozen'' as the man removed her clothes.
"I told him to stop. I told him I didn't want to but he didn't listen,'' she said.
She told the jury she could not scream for fear of waking up her sleeping child.
Defence counsel Anne Stevens asked the complainant why she did not physically fight back.
She said she had always thought she would respond violently during such an incident but "until it actually happens to you you don't know how you're going to react''.
The woman told the jury Ryalls whispered in her ear during the act, telling her she was beautiful, that he would not hurt her.
"It felt like a lifetime when it was happening,'' the complainant said.
After Ryalls had finished, he allegedly repeated: "I'm sorry.''
The defendant's version of events, was that they had kissed on the couch and moved to the bedroom "in the heat of the moment''.
He said there was no resistance from the woman.
"She was enjoying it. She was happy,'' Ryalls told police.
Mrs Stevens said the complainant was "duplicitous, deceitful and devious''.
She told the jury the rape claim came about because the woman wanted to keep the on-off relationship with her boyfriend alive and avoid blame for having sex with another man.
The trial, before Judge Michael Crosbie and a jury of seven men and five women, is scheduled for three days.
