The man charged with molesting an 11-year-old girl took the stand yesterday and called the accusations against him "a whole lot of lies''.

Previous testimony revealed that the girl had contracted three sexually transmitted diseases as the result of molestation.

And the child pointed out the 39-year-old Sandys Parish man, who is a relative's boyfriend, as her assailant despite initially naming a different man.

Doctors testifying on behalf of the Crown gave evidence that the man tested positive for at least two of the three sexually transmitted diseases.

The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has pleaded not guilty to the sexual exploitation of a young person by someone in a position of trust and the alternate charge of touching a young person.

The incident allegedly occurred during September or October 1996. But yesterday in Magistrates' Court, the man stated: "The allegations made against me are totally lies... I do not like little girls, I love older women.'' The man said he was violently arrested by Police before being taken to the Somerset Police Station.

"The Police officers wanted to ask me some questions...an officer was behind me, gripped me from behind and threw me onto the ground and put his knee into my back,'' the man said.

"At that time, a Police officer jumped on my hands for no apparent reason and said to me `you're a no-good bastard'.'' The man said he was taken to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital for tests after his arrest, and agreed to be tested for herpes, gonorrhoea, and chlamydia.

But he said the doctor who took the tests put the blood and swab samples on a table with five different bottles. "The Police officers said I was infected with gonorrhoea, herpes, and chlamydia, but I have neither one of these diseases,'' he said.

"If I did have these diseases, wouldn't they have given me some treatment for these contagious and very serious diseases before I left the hospital? "They never gave me any treatment -- no antibiotics -- but they released me,'' he added.

The man claimed he had not been sexually involved with anyone except his girlfriend in 1996.

And when asked about his health during that time, he responded, "I'm fine.

Sex is great, no complaints, frequent, I never had no transmitted diseases whatsoever.'' The man, who is represented by Victoria Pearman, is expected to be cross examined by Crown counsel Lesley Basden when the trial resumes on Monday.