A man who was allegedly punched and stabbed earlier this year omitted details from his police statement because he was trying to protect his wife and children, a court has heard.
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A South Launceston man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has pleaded not guilty to wounding and assaulting another man in the early hours of March 16.
While giving evidence at a preliminary proceeding hearing in the Launceston Magistrates Court on Friday, the alleged victim said he had consensual sex with the accused's partner on the night in question.
The court heard the alleged victim was drinking alone at the Cock'n'Bull after a night out with his family when he met the woman and her friend on March 15.
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He was invited to come back to a South Launceston house to keep drinking with the women, the court heard.
The two men were introduced when the trio arrived at the house, with the alleged victim telling the court the accused's partner was talking down to him and they didn't seem to be getting on very well.
The accused allegedly made the man and the woman sandwiches before going to bed with the couple's baby. But the alleged victim said he thought the accused left the house.
The man said he was drinking with the accused's partner when she gave him oral sex on the couch, took off her pink g-string and sat on top of him.
The court heard the next thing the alleged victim remembered was being punched in the head 10 times and stabbed six times.
"If I didn't get away he would've killed me," the man said.
Defence lawyer Grant Tucker asked the alleged victim why he didn't tell police about having consensual sex with the woman.
The man said he was concerned about his wife and children.
Mr Tucker asked if he left it out because he actually sexually assaulted the woman while she was passed out on the couch, but the man said that was a lie.
"She put it on me ... I didn't try to crack onto her," the man said.
The man didn't recall having a lengthy conversation with the accused or being told the couple was engaged.
Mr Tucker suggested the alleged victim had a selective memory about the night, but he denied that was true.
The court heard the first time the man told the consensual sex story was when he spoke to the prosecutor Virginia Jones on Wednesday.
The accused was bailed to appear in the Launceston Supreme Court on November 18.
