'No I did not': Former Queensland union boss takes stand to deny rape
Former union boss Dave Hanna insists a woman who claims he raped her hours after they met was a consenting participant throughout their sexual encounter.
The former CFMEU Queensland state president told a Brisbane District Court jury she was also conscious when he performed sexual acts on her at her Taigum home on March 4, 2017.
Under cross-examination at his rape trial on Wednesday, the 54-year-old was asked if he had forced himself onto the woman, to which he said: "No I did not."
Crown prosecutor Michael Lehane says Mr Hanna took advantage of the woman's intoxication when he followed her into her home and allegedly raped her.
Mr Hanna pleaded not guilty to three counts of rape and another charge of recording in breach of privacy.
The court heard there was no dispute Hanna had sex with the woman, but it would be for the jury to decide if she gave consent, and was able to at the time.
Mr Hanna recalled in court meeting the woman at Eleven rooftop bar in Fortitude Valley during a night out with friends.
He testified offering to help her get home after bar security told her to leave because she was so drunk, and said she fell asleep at one point during the cab ride to her townhouse.
Once there he kicked in the front door because she had lost her keys.
"I said 'Look, nine times out of 10 we can find a way to get in'," Mr Hanna told the court.
"From the building industry, I know that a lot of the houses that are built in this day and age, the doors are quite flimsy and don't take much to open."
Mr Hanna detailed to the court the sex acts he said the pair performed on each other before having sex with her.
At one point he used his phone to film himself digitally penetrating her vagina, believing he was taking photographs, the court heard.
"I didn't have my glasses on and it was kind of blurry so I've actually zoomed in on the phone at the same time, I guess like a magnifying glass, and digitally (penetrating), at the same time," he said.
He says he then continued to use the screen as a visual aid because he couldn't see properly.
The trial continues.
AAP