The man accused of sexually assaulting a teenager in her Cowan Heights home a year-and-a-half ago began calling his own evidence in Supreme Court Monday morning.

The trial before judge alone began May 2 and was expected to take about two weeks.

But it’s already double that with no clear end in sight, mainly due to the fact that the accused, 30-year-old Stephen Hopkins, is representing himself, and now plans to call his own evidence and a lengthy list of witnesses.

He’s also considered calling himself to testify, which would open him up to cross-examination by the Crown, which has already presented its case, including testimony from the alleged victim, a girl who was 17 at the time.

Justice Donald Burrage has so far been patient with Hopkins and his ramblings as he tries to make his case with no legal training.

But with the trial already far beyond what it was set down for, the judge said there will come a point where he’ll have to rein him in and further question the relevance of his evidence.

Hopkins has also tried to plead guilty, claiming police conspired against him, but the plea and allegation was rebuffed by Justice Burrage.

Hopkins faces charges of sexual assault, forcible confinement and threatening the girl in connection with the incident in September of 2020.