An Australian man shot a woman in the crotch after she refused his demand for oral sex, a court has been told.

Laurie Edward Elliott of Adelaide was yesterday found guilty of threatening a person with a firearm and possessing a firearm without a licence.

Elliott, 54, demanded the woman perform the sex act on him while the pair were driving in suburban Adelaide, the Advertiser reported.

After the gun went off, hitting the woman in the inner thigh, Elliott told her the gun had gone off accidentally.

The woman today told how the shooting had forced her to move interstate and the stress it had placed on her family.

Judge David Lovell remanded Elliott in custody for sentencing on October 24.