Woman tells of forced sex

An intellectually disabled woman says a prominent Waikato businessman did force her to have sex, even though she can't remember exactly how many times.

The woman, who was 19 when she was allegedly raped and sexually violated, yesterday gave evidence against her alleged attacker via CCTV during the second day of his trial in the Hamilton District Court.

The man, who has interim name suppression, has denied raping and abusing the woman who has a mental age of no more than 10.

On Monday he pleaded not guilty to nine representative charges including rape, indecent assault, unlawful sexual connection and sexual exploitation of a person with an impairment.

The offending is alleged to have taken place between September 2008 and February 2009 at the man's house.

Yesterday defence counsel Murray Gibson asked the woman whether she had made up the accusations for personal reasons, to which she replied: "I don't know."

Those reasons cannot be published due to court suppression orders.

But when later asked by Crown prosecutor Rebecca Mann whether the "sex stuff" with the man did happen, she said it had, "many times".

The woman told the jury that it occurred in several different areas of the man's house, though she was unclear over what time period.

The woman's mother also gave evidence about her mental ability, as did clinical psychologist Tanya Breen.

Her mother said the woman had to have the help of a teacher aid throughout her schooling, and now lived in a group flat with other people with intellectual impairments.

She said the accused had knowledge of her daughter's impairments before the alleged offending.

Breen, who tested the complainant at the end of 2008, said she had an IQ of between 59 and 67, meaning she had a mild intellectual disability.

Her various life skills put her in an age range of a child no older than 10, while her mental problems could affect her ability to give informed consent, Breen said.

The prosecution case was expected to end today with the defence opening theirs.

On Monday Gibson told the jury his client denied having sex with the woman, saying such behaviour would have been "unthinkable" given the woman's disability.

The trial, before Judge Glen Marshall, is expected to end on Friday.