Douglas Hockley, the man accused of violently raping a woman on a Riverdale trail in September 2007, told a psychiatrist he had a "flashback” when he was shown a picture of his alleged victim.

Hockley told Dr. Shabehram Lohrasbe that he had a brief memory of having sex with the woman, but recalled it in the same way as he remembered consensual sex with his girlfriend.

The memory was described as akin to a single photo, the doctor said, as opposed to a continuous movie.

Hockley made the comment during a psychological assessment done at the Whitehorse Correctional Centre.

Usually conversations with a doctor are strictly private, but because the assessment was done on a defence-initiated court order and Hockley was told by the doctor the interview could be given to the court, it was allowed into evidence today.

The 24-year-old Ibex Valley man is charged with aggravated sexual assault in relation to an attack on a trail which leads north off of Alsek Road on Sept. 30, 2007.

Initially, a charge of sodomy in the commission of an offence was also laid against him, but has since been dropped.

Justice Ron Veale is presiding over this week's Yukon Supreme Court trial.

"Mr. Hockley was clearly intelligent,” the doctor told the court today. "He was attentive, there was no concern I had in starting the interview.

"... At times, he was engaged, at times, he was quite disconnected,” Lohrasbe said of Hockley's attitude throughout.

"I've done nothing wrong,” Hockley said at the beginning of the interview, according to the doctor. He went on to talk about demons being in control of him. "He told me the demons told him to lie but that he won't lie because he wants to get better,” Lohrasbe said.

When the doctor asked why Hockley's DNA was found in the victim, Lohrasbe said Hockley replied, "I don't know. I'm in a lose-lose situation .... I could lie but I'm here to get better.”

The doctor also reported him saying: "I'm not a person who needs to have sex; half the time I'm not in my body.”

The doctor noted Hockley referred to another case in which his DNA had been found, but did not expand on that point.

Information about Hockley's criminal record cannot be reported on during the trial unless it is mentioned in court.

Apart from the "flashback”, Lohrasbe said, Hockley could not remember anything else about the alleged rape.

The assessment came to an abrupt end on the second day when Lohrasbe told Hockley his description of his mental state did not match with any defined psychiatric conditions.

Hockley became upset, the doctor said, and ended the interview.

Hockley's lawyer, André Roothman, asked Lohrasbe if sustained use of drugs such as crack, cocaine, ecstasy, Oxycontin, LSD or speed could affect a person's memory, the doctor agreed.

However, Lohrasbe said he was unable to discuss drug use with Hockley because the accused avoided the subject and ended the interview before he could be pressed for more information.

The trial continues this afternoon.