A Canberra man has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a sex worker at a Mitchell brothel in February 2021.
Darrell Michael Hudson, 31, was on Monday found guilty of 10 offences including sexually assaulting and choking the woman and punching a hole in the wall.
The list of offences also included three counts of sexual intercourse without consent and three acts of indecency. He was found not guilty on four of those charges.
The ACT Supreme Court was told Hudson had been drinking with a friend and had two lines of cocaine before they went to the Langtrees Bar and Brothel.
He suggested he had ended up there by accident, and only because he was with his friend.
He said cocaine had a negative effect on his ability to perform sex.
But Prosecutor Anthony Williamson told the court it was clear Hudson had gone there for sex.
The court was told the pair had gone to what is known as the Butterfly room after 3am.
The woman told the court how Hudson had performed a number of acts which were either not allowed under the booking, or were extras that should be paid for.
He told the court he had initially rejected sex, saying he only wanted a "show" or a strip tease.
"His evidence defies believability," Mr Williamson said.
"I suggest it is clear he went there for sex."
Mr Williamson pointed to the fact the man had agreed to take a shower, which is a normal requirement in a booking.
"Why would you need a shower if you only wanted a strip show?" Mr Williamson asked the jury.
"It defies credibility."
Mr Williamson said the woman's distress while giving evidence was telling, and she was not crying crocodile tears.
"I suggest that her tears had a ring of authenticity to them," he said.
The court also heard Hudson had told the woman, "You are just a sl** paid to do a job."
But Hudson's lawyer Katrina Musgrove told the jury that didn't make her client guilty.
"You might not like what he said … in that room."
But she said just because members of the jury didn't like it, it doesn't mean he is lying.
She urged the jury to accept his explanation about how he got there.
"It's not that he wanted to go to the brothel," Ms Musgrove said.
"The friend nagged him to go to the brothel and he gave in."
She reminded the jury that when asked if he was there for a service he said no, he was the driver, and to his friend he said, "I'm not that desperate".
"There was no planning for the evening, they ended up in the bar by chance," Ms Musgrove said.
She said his explanation was plausible including his account of the conversation beforehand.
"He was not told what was included," Ms Musgrove said.
"He was not told what was not permitted."
She said everything that happened was by consent.
One key element in the case was the hole punched in the wall by the man. His DNA was found inside.
Mr Williamson said he'd done it out of anger, and the explanation Hudson gave that he was scared of bikies associated with the club coming to get him was not plausible given the hole would have made them even more angry.
Ms Musgrove said Hudson had been terrified of the bikies and had hit the wall because the door was being held shut.
She urged the jury to believe his account.
Hudson's bail was continued and he'll be sentenced at a later date.
