Dotcom said he was unaware of such a notice until after the raid but he said he would have co-operated with police and had they knocked on the door he would have let them in.

He said that police, who had been following him for some hours before the arrest, could have apprehended him as he left a music studio early on the morning of the raid.

"If I was the police, I would have done it that way."

During further questioning by Pike, Dotcom resisted suggestions that the manner of the raid had been justified to ensure that evidence would not have been tampered with.

Asked by Pike if approaching the house differently would have allowed Dotcom time to encrypt or destroy files on his computers, Dotcom said that was "ridiculous".