An act of bestiality with a pet dog is among a host of sexual and indecent assault allegations an Illawarra woman has levelled at her grandfather in an explosive trial taking place in Wollongong District Court this week.
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The man, who along with the majority of witnesses in the case cannot be named in order to protect the identity of the complainant, is accused of molesting the girl on multiple occasions in the mid 2000s when she was aged between 8 and 10.
His conduct allegedly ranged from fondling the girl’s breasts to digital penetration of her vagina.
Two further charges relate to the man allegedly committing acts of indecency in front of the girl – one in which he masturbated himself and one in which he masturbated his pet dog.
Giving evidence via video on Monday, the woman, now an adult, told the court she had started to develop breasts around the age of eight and that her grandfather had grabbed her “boobs” on at least four occasions while they were alone together.
She then recounted another incident in which she claimed her grandfather masturbated a dog in front of her to the point of ejaculation.
“He grabbed the dog’s dick and started w—king him,” the woman said.
“After a while he fully got it [the dog] up on its two legs...and made him spoof everywhere.
“He said ‘I made him spoof’. I’d never heard that word in my life.”
The woman also recalled a time she and a friend were at her grandparent’s house and her grandfather allegedly had a pornographic film on in their presence.
She told her mother of the alleged incidents in 2013, prompting the family to confront the man.
During the conversation, he allegedly fell to his knees in front of them and said “what have I done, I’m so sorry, please forgive me”.
However, in her opening address to the court on Monday morning, defence lawyer Carolyn Davenport, SC, said her client denied the accusations, claiming they were the product of a daughter – the alleged victim’s mother – who was angry that her father had cut her off financially.
“These allegations only came to light in 2014 after my client refused to continue giving money to his daughter,” Ms Davenport said.
“It appears his wife had been subsidising her for some years, unknown to my client.
“He continued to help her after his wife’s death but in 2014 refused to keep giving her money.
“That’s when she threatened that she would send him to jail.”
The trial, being heard by Judge Andrew Haesler without a jury, will continue on Wednesday.
