The alleged victim in a sexual assault trial involving a senior Police officer testified yesterday the accused was obsessed with her and promised he would leave his wife to marry her.

Defence counsel suggested the woman has only raised the charges to placate her husband about an affair she had while they were dating.

A 44-year-old male Police officer - who cannot be named for legal reasons - is accused of sexually assaulting his female colleague on four occasions between June and October of 2000.

The alleged victim has since left the Police force.

She claims the male officer forced himself on her once in her own home and on three occasions in his home.

Defence attorney Richard Hector has argued the woman is in court seeking revenge because she feels she has been poorly treated by the Police Service.

Drawing a complicated web of sexual liaisons within the Police force, Mr. Hector said the woman had a baby by one officer who later left her and married another woman.

He then suggested her boyfriend at the time of the alleged assaults - also a Police officer - had an affair with one of his female colleagues.

He said the alleged victim caught the two officers in bed when she went to his house unannounced and later told the accused about the affair.

The alleged victim said, while she had suspected an affair, it was actually a "misunderstanding". The victim has since married her former boyfriend.

Meanwhile, Mr. Hector claimed the defendant never intended to leave his wife - also a Police officer - for the alleged victim, despite her teasing him that his wife was having an affair with her personal trainer.

"You thought you were badly done by Police officers in general," said Mr. Hector.

And he suggested said the defendant had only said he would marry the woman to humour her.

"I remember he said that, sir," she replied. "But it wasn't as a joke or to humour me."

But Mr. Hector continued to pressure the alleged victim suggesting the defendant did not intend to leave his wife.

"He had every intention, sir, he was obsessed with me," she replied.

Despite Mr. Hector's suggestion that the sexual assaults were in fact consensual acts and the two were in a relationship, the victim stuck to her claim she was attacked against her will.

"I suggest in order to make peace with your boyfriend you decided to describe the consensual acts between you and (the accused man) as sexual assault," Mr. Hector said.

"Your worship, that is completely untrue," the alleged victim replied. "There was never any consent, whatsoever, for any of the incidents that I have endured."

Mr. Hector also questioned the woman extensively about a laminated poem she kept on her desk at the Police station which was given to her by the defendant.

And he established that the two officers went together to have the poem laminated in Hamilton.

The woman admitted that she kept the poem - entitled "The Candle of Friendship" - as a keepsake even after the assaults.

But she said it remained on her desk for a long time because she did not return to work after taking sick leave in November 2000 until May 2001.

Mr. Hector completed his five-day cross examination of the alleged victim Friday afternoon.

Crown prosecutor Wayne Caines elected not to re-examine his witness and the case was adjourned until January 14.