A Pembroke man accused of sexual assault told a Magistrate on Monday that he was a good Samaritan who just happened upon a woman after an accident.

The 25-year-old man -- who cannot be named for legal reasons -- took the stand and flatly denied stalking and assaulting the woman on September 24.

He will hear his fate on March 15 when Magistrate Edward King passes his judgment.

Earlier in the trial, the alleged victim said the man followed her out of Hamilton and knocked the 27-year-old from her motorcycle in Paget.

He physically attacked her by the side of the road but she outwitted him by pretending to yield to his demands and invited him to her home.

Yesterday, the man said he was taking a joyride after leaving the Robin Hood bar when he turned onto Manse Road and saw the woman with her cycle on top of her.

He said he thought about passing her by but stopped to be "to be a good Samaritan''. The woman was disoriented and "not really focused''.

After he helped to right and start the cycle, the woman asked him to escort her home.

Once there, he watched her disappear inside and then heard the woman shouting.

He said: "My first instinct was to get out of there. Because what she was saying was enough to make any man scared.'' "The words I heard were; `I've been raped', `he hit me, he hit me', and `the guy is outside','' the man said.

He was confronted by the woman's boyfriend who he said did not look surprised.

They were joined by the woman who shouted "shoot him'' before he left.

In a concise summation, Crown counsel Lesley Basden said the woman had picked the man out of a Police identification line up.

Ms Basden said: "She saw the defendant on Bermudiana Road where they had a conversation. She saw him throughout the ordeal. And he escorted her home.'' She added: "The identity of the attacker is not an issue. There is overwhelming evidence that this defendant sexually assaulted the woman.'' Ms Basden continued: "Not only is his story improbable but it is filled with inconsistencies. To ride to Southampton for no specific reason is implausible, incredible, and makes no sense.'' But defence lawyer Mark Pettingil challenged the prosecution's evidence, saying there was no forensic evidence linking the man to the offence.

Mr. Pettingil said it was not unusual for a young man to go for a joyride on a brand new cycle and unreasonable to believe he would risk knocking another cycle over at speed.

He added: "I don't envy your task. This could be the case where the Good Samaritan was on the road to Jericho and stood over the man and the man woke up and said you are the man who hit me.''