A Canberra man who bought his de facto partner's 10-year-old daughter a vibrator has been found guilty of three acts of indecency.
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The man, 54, maintained his innocence to 16 charges relating to the girl, who was aged nine and 10 at the time of the alleged abuse.
A jury deliberated for more than two days before it delivered its verdict on Friday following a trial in the ACT Supreme Court.
The man was acquitted of 13 other charges which included sexual assault, attempted sexual assault and other acts of indecency.
He was found guilty of exposing his genitals to the girl on one occasion, purchasing a gold vibrator and showing her pornography.
The Crown alleged the man frequently forced the girl to watch pornography with him, touched her inappropriately and bought the sex toy for her after he moved into her mother's south Canberra home.
Police were called when the woman walked in on her then-partner as he watched pornography with the girl sitting on his lap.
In his evidence, the man denied he had exposed his penis to the girl, masturbated in front of her or offered her sensual massages. He also rejected allegations he tried to sexually assault her.
While he admitted he possessed adult pornography, he said he never forced the girl to watch it with him at home.
The man said he had once left the girl in the car while he bought a $20 gold vibrator from an adult shop. He said he put the vibrator on the back seat of the car in a brown paper bag and the girl had looked inside.
But he denied he gave it to the girl or used it in front of her.
Under cross-examination by Crown prosecutor Shane Drumgold, the man said he bought the sex toy "to coax her to go and talk to her mum" after the girl allegedly asked him questions about porn videos and a vibrator which belonged to her sister.
During the trial, the court heard a conversation with the accused which the girl had covertly recorded on her mobile phone.
When she asked the man about their relationship, he said he was worried the girl was upset because he was "cheating" on her with her mother.
The girl said: "It's not really OK because if you think about it, mum loves you, you love mum and you could break her heart."
The man said he loved what the pair was doing, but not in the same way he loved her mum.
The girl replied: "Oh, so you love her in a relationship, but you love me sexually."
"Yeah, but I also love you as ... I wish you were my daughter."
The court heard the girl wanted to use the conversation to confront the man and expose him, but she was worried the recording wasn't believable enough.
The man denied the conversation was serious and said it was a continuation of a joke between the pair.
A sentence date for the man will be set next week.
The trial was before Justice Richard Refshauge.
