Women who were allegedly drugged, assaulted and raped by a former West Australian Police officer were unaware of many of the incidents until they were shown footage or images taken of them “in a stupefied state,” a Perth court has heard.

On the first day of Adrian Moore’s trail in the District Court on Tuesday, state prosecutor Adam Ebell told the jury the women had reported feeling hazy and out of control, remembering only some sex acts committed against them.

WA Police vision from when Adrian Moore was arrested.Credit:WA Police

Moore has pleaded not guilty to 87 charges relating to the alleged assault and rape of 13 women who he met mostly through various dating websites. Police allege he filmed or photographed 11 of the women without their knowledge.

In 2018, police arrested Moore and searched his computer and various hard drives seized from his Kelmscott home, uncovering hundreds of recordings of alleged assaults.

Ebell said the women often did not have any recollection of the acts depicted in the videos, and only realised the extent of what had happened to them once they viewed the footage.

The women were also mostly unaware they were being filmed, or had asked Moore to stop or delete the files, which he told them he did.

Moore’s home was searched again in 2020, which led police to identify the 13th alleged victim.

Ebell said the images and videos would be a key part of the case against Moore and showed the women were clearly not coherent enough to give consent.

The prosecution will also rely on a Word document discovered titled “Girls I’ve F—ed 2016”, which allegedly included the names of three of the 13 women, alongside what Moore had done to them.

In his opening statement on Tuesday, Ebell detailed each woman’s relationship with Moore, and gave an overview of the statements they would each give later in the trial.

“It will be apparent the accused enjoys BDSM, enjoys inflicting pain on women … he is not on trial for his sexual preferences … what the law does care about is what happens when someone does something to another without that person’s consent,” Ebell said.

He said the victims encountered Moore between 2007 and 2019, with some being drugged and assaulted the first time they met him, and others engaging in consensual relationships with him before he allegedly stupefied them.

Footage obtained by police shows Moore forcing a series of degrading sex acts on the woman, including urinating in their mouths and sexual acts with a dog, slapping and hitting them — all allegedly without consent and often without the victim’s knowledge.

Ebell said some women recalled feeling internal and external pain and waking up to swelling, bruises and bleeding they had no recollection of receiving.

The incidents allegedly took place in the victims’ homes, hotel rooms or in Moore’s car, and involved Moore supplying drinks to the women.

Ebell said when the victims were aware of what was happening, they felt they could not stop it, with one victim describing the state she was in as an out-of-body experience.

The trial is expected to run for six to 10 weeks, with Ebell to finish his opening statement to the jury on Wednesday morning.

Moore’s defence lawyer Mark Trowell will then give his opening address.

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