A pool supervisor says she raised concerns about a man allegedly touching children in a Queenstown swimming pool twice in about 10 minutes with her manager in June 2017.
The man, who has interim name suppression, denies 13 charges of indecently assaulting six girls, all under the age of 12, on June 8, 10 and 14, 2017.
Heide Holtz, a former employee at Alpine Aqualand, told an Invercargill District Court jury via audiovisual link from Germany yesterday she was a supervisor on June 10 from 2pm until 8.30pm.
She was made aware of the man's presence and kept an eye on him as best she could.
She alleged some parents had removed their children from the lazy river that day, but said an email sent on June 12 between two managers stating there were "no issues'' with the man and the only thing worth noting was the time he spent in the lazy river was a fair reflection of events.
Ms Holtz was not working on June 14 but had gone to the pool about 2pm.
As soon as she arrived, her manager asked her to look at the lazy river to see if she recognised the man from June 10.
"I recognised him straight away. He was doing exactly the same thing [as on June 10], swimming in the lazy river, one hand on the board, the other ... doing a breast-stroke arm [under water].''
Ms Holtz, who was not in uniform, offered to watch the lazy river and noticed two girls react to the man.
"To me, it looked like they were a bit frightened about something.''
She had not seen what happened so spoke to lifeguard Claire O'Connell, who had a better view.
Ms O'Connell said she had seen the man "touch one of the girls''.
Ms Holtz reported that to her manager, went back to the pool, and within 10 minutes saw "another strange reaction'' from two more girls in the lazy river.
She also reported that to her manager, who was already on the phone to police, she said.
She was asked to write down everything for her manager, but was not sure if that was an incident report or for his information.
Under cross-examination, she told defence counsel Joseph Mooney she had no knowledge of an intention to trespass the man on June 14.
"We were being careful of not making any accusations.
"Obviously, a person swimming 10 hours around and around the lazy river is different to any other customer we've had.
"Obviously, we realise that that is something unusual, but we tried to stay objective and not make any accusations if we don't have anything concrete.''
The jury also heard from the final child complainant yesterday, who said she had been in the lazy river on June 10 when a friend alleged she had been touched.
The girl (then 9) t was there again on June 14 when she alleged she was touched on the hip and thigh, separately, "five or six times''.
At one point she was standing with a shoulder against the side of the pool when the man allegedly touched her.
She also said she saw the man touch himself under water on both days, estimating that lasted about nine seconds.
The trial continues.
