Man who claimed he was penetrated by cucumber found guilty of raping sex worker

A MAN who told police a sex worker penetrated him with a ‘large cucumber’ to explain away a window she broke while he assaulted her has been found guilty of rape

Jeffrey Smith, 60, has been found guilty of rape and gross indecency

A MAN who told police a sex worker penetrated him with a “large cucumber” to explain away a window she broke while he assaulted her has been found guilty of rape.

Jeffrey Smith, 60, was found guilty of two counts of rape and two counts of gross indecency after prosecutors said he dragged the woman into his unit where she “tried to fight him off” in August last year.

Smith pleaded not guilty at trial with his lawyer, Giles O’Brien Hartcher, telling jurors the story about the cucumber increased his credibility as it was “too embarrassing” to make up.

“It is unusual for a man to admit being penetrated by a cucumber, while masturbating, while being spanked on the bottom, while being called filthy names — particularly if it’s not true,” he said.

The jury acquitted Smith on two other counts of rape and one each of deprivation of liberty and aggravated assault.

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He returns to court for sentencing on Wednesday.

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