A man on trial for 44 sexual offences against children told Whanganui District Court he may have said sexual things to the complainants when drunk but physically could not have molested them.
Peter Robert Doyle, 51, said he could never get physically aroused while drinking, so could not have committed rape or carried out an indecent act in front of the complainants when he was drunk.
But Doyle said he might have made comments to the complainants while intoxicated about them having "big boobs", and said he could have said other sexual or "semi-crude" things.
Doyle's trial began before a jury of five men and seven women last week. He faces a number of charges, including rape, indecent assaults, and indecent acts.
There are three complainants, and the charges go back some years, beginning when the girls were aged about 9 or 10. They are now adults.