A Canberra doctor accused of kissing and groping a patient says the woman had asked about banned ''diet pills'' and steroids during the Anzac Day consultation.
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Dr Ammar Dhaimat, 40, of Duffy, said the woman's previously friendly demeanour shifted when he told her the medications were illegal or not available in Australia.
''She was not happy with me saying no to her,'' he said from an ACT Supreme Court witness box on Friday.
Dhaimat is accused of kissing the woman three times and squeezing her bottom during a consultation on April 25 last year.
He has pleaded not guilty to two counts of committing an act of indecency.
Jurors have heard the woman, who was a vegan, required a course of injections as she was vitamin B12 deficient.
This required her to attend regular appointments at the Belconnen Medical Centre for the shots.
The Crown alleges Dhaimat ''clasped her'' with his right hand on her lower back and attempted to kiss her on the mouth after he had given her an injection at a nurse station on Anzac Day.
But she dodged the alleged kiss by twisting her head and it landed on her left cheek instead.
The Crown says he then grabbed her, squeezed her bottom, and kissed her on the lips after she returned to his consulting room to collect her belongings.
She pulled away, but he is alleged to have grabbed her and kissed her a third time.
Dhaimat denies the exchange occurred, saying their patient-doctor relationship was always professional. ''[It's] a false allegation, never happened,'' Dhaimat said.
The doctor told the court two children of a staff member, who were waiting for a flu shot, were present during the woman's injection.
Under cross examination, Crown prosecutor Shane Drumgold said Dhaimat had told the girls to leave because ''this was the opportunity for you to get close to her''.
The defendant replied: ''No.''
Mr Drumgold said the accused had ''another shot'' only minutes later in the consultation room. ''You grabbed her on the bottom and planted a kiss on her,'' the prosecutor said.
Dhaimat repeated the denial.
When asked about his clear recollection of the patient, Dhaimat said: ''Someone has destroyed my life, I would remember her medical history.''
Earlier, Dhaimat said the woman had been ''probably too friendly'' during the consultation.
He said that her demeanour changed when he disapproved of her queries about amphetamine based ''diet pills'' and horse steroids.
Defence barrister Theresa Warwick will give her closing address to jurors on Monday.
