Accused murderer Daniel Jack Kelsall says he had only known Morgan Huxley for a matter of minutes when they began their sexual encounter.
Moments later, he fled Mr Huxley's flat after an intruder burst in and whacked him over the head, leaving his ears ringing, Kelsall says.
The image of Mr Huxley wrestling with the intruder was the last thing Kelsall says he saw as he ran out of the Sydney flat on September 8, 2013.
Kelsall has pleaded not guilty to murdering and indecently assaulting Mr Huxley who was found by his flatmate lying in blood in his bedroom doorway.
He had been stabbed at least 20 times.
The softly spoken 22-year-old calmly sat in the stand for more than three hours on Monday as he answered question after question about the lies he had told since that early morning.
"I want to make amends and tell the truth for a terrible lie I have told and I want them (the jury) to understand my side of the story," he said.
The former trainee chef said he and Mr Huxley had struck up a conversation while he was walking home from work and the businessman was returning to his Neutral Bay apartment after a drink at the nearby Oaks Hotel about 1.30am on September 8.
Mr Huxley, who smelt of alcohol, began talking about his "stressful week" and, while at first "a little hesitant" conceded he could do with having someone to talk to, Kelsall said.
Within around five minutes of meeting, Kelsall said the 31-year-old had invited him to his flat.
Within about a further five minutes, Kelsall says he was in Mr Huxley's bedroom.
"He (Mr Huxley) turned off the lights and he immediately dropped his pants."
Kelsall says he sat between Mr Huxley's legs and began fondling his penis.
"Then something hit me in the side of the head. It really hurt ... I kind of looked up and there was another person in the room," he said.
"Terrified, I got up and ran."
He couldn't be sure whether there was one or more intruders, he never saw a knife and thought Mr Huxley was just being assaulted, he said.
Upon hearing the news of a killing the next morning, Kelsall checked the shoulder bag he had been wearing to "see if there was anything on it" and seeing "red stains" tried to wash them off.
"Why did you do that?" crown prosecutor Peter McGrath SC asked.
"Because I realised just what had happened the night before and I was scared. I tried to start disassociating myself with what had happened," Kelsall said.
In the weeks after the murder, Kelsall conceded he had told a series of lies to police.
"I never made up a set of lies before the (police) interview. It was a lie I came up with during the interview," he said of one fabrication.
"Is giving evidence today a game to you?" Mr McGrath SC asked.
"No," he said.
As Kelsall went back to his place in the dock, his barrister Christopher Watson said that ended the defence case.
The crown and defence are set to deliver closing addresses on Tuesday.
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