The second complainant in the sexual assault trial of Sofyan Boalag, 37, testified that when she asked him why he was doing it, he said, "for your pleasure and mine."

The woman, 33, told provincial court in St. John's Tuesday that Boalag raped her in freezing weather between 3 a.m. and 4:30 a.m. on Dec. 2, 2012..

Testifying with the help of a French interpreter, the woman said she had been drinking at the Martini Bar in downtown St. John's but was not intoxicated. She said she was aware of her surroundings.

She said that outside the bar, a man asked her and a woman she had met that night to go with him to his house. They refused.

She said that woman and two others with her were visiting St. John's. The complainant says she walked them back to their hotel, and then she headed for home.

She said she met the same man again at the top of the stairs by the Supreme Court building on Duckworth Street.

The woman said he asked her again to go home with him, but she said no and continued walking.

Attack happened behind St. Bon's, court told

She said the attack happened behind St. Bon's School, near where she lived, and told the court the man put a knife to her throat and ordered her to pull down her leggings and panties.

She said, however, that she never did see the knife itself during the encounter.

"I told him to do what you want because you are going to kill me. And he said, 'I never said I was going to kill you.'"

She testified that she told him she would do what he wanted if he put the knife down, but that, at times, he kept the knife on her stomach during the assault, and that he may have put it in his pocket.

She also said that she imagined herself dead in the snowbank.

"'If you don't want to be injured, do as I say,'" she said the man told her. When she asked why he was doing this, she said he told her it was "'for your pleasure and mine.'"

Crown Prosecutor Trisha McCarthy asked the woman is she found any pleasure in it. She said, "Not at all." She said she never asked for the sex.

She said she did ask him to finish because she was cold. According to Environment Canada, the windchill was about -14 that morning, and there was 10 cm of snow on the ground.

She said he told her he needed two more minutes. She said she made him promise on Allah that he would finish quickly. She said it took longer than two minutes.

She said she never saw his face, but that he said they had met at the Martini Bar. She said she could tell that he was Arabic. Boalag is from Algeria and speaks Arabic.

She said that at the end, she again said to him, "You are going to kill me," and that he repeated he never said that.

Tried to distract attacker

The woman said she tried to do what she could to distract him. She said she told him she had a boyfriend, even that she was married.

She said at one point she asked him to kiss her, because if she was going to die, she wanted to see the face of the man who was going to do it.

She said to him, "You are going to kill me. Do it now." He said, "I never said I wanted to kill you." <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/cbcnl?src=hash">#cbcnl</a> <a href="https://t.co/ENwv8gVRj2">pic.twitter.com/ENwv8gVRj2</a> —@glenn_payette

The woman told the court the man took her purse, with her BlackBerry and wallet, saying he needed money for a taxi.

She went home, had a glass of wine, cancelled her credit card and took a shower. She said she tried to sleep, but couldn't.

She went to the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary later that day. Police took her to St. Clare's Mercy Hospital, where she was given medication for HIV.

The woman said she she never really saw the attacker's face during the assault, but he told her they had met at the Martini Bar.

Trial started last week

Boalag is accused of sexually assaulting five women, and one girl under 16, in the St. John's area in 2012.

His trial began on June 1 after years of delays. Boalag has made nearly 50 court appearances, in part because he has fired several lawyers.

The trial is adjourned until Wednesday, after a request from Boalag's lawyer for time to research a legal issue.