He also told officers: “I have not got a very good memory.”
Speaking in court, the witness said it had been a “long time ago” but claimed his memory had improved during what Dow described as the “passage of time”.
However, the defence advocate said it appeared there was “no mention at all about being told to stay out of the room” by Dott.
The trial earlier heard the completion of the then girl’s evidence.
Among the allegations she made were that Dott “caressed” her bottom while giving her a piggyback or “coaksey” and that he also separately exposed himself.
Jurors heard how she told a friend and others a number of years later about what she claimed occurred.
Dow quizzed the witness about a conversation she had with one woman about the accusations.
The advocate asked at one stage: “Did you say that you could take it to the newspapers and make a lot of money?”
The woman denied this.
The trial also heard from a woman who the girl spoke to about the allegations when she was a teenager.
This woman later had a conversation with a relative of Dott’s regarding the claims.
Recalling what the family member said, the witness told jurors: “She said there was no truth in what (the girl) said and that it was a pack of lies.
“She was very hostile towards me. She accused me of being naive and being taken in by her pack of lies.”
The trial, before Lord Harrower, continues.
