Convicted murderer Mark Shirley has told a jury he did not rape and sexually brutalise a Bristol mother-of-five.

Shirley, 39, told Bristol Crown Court he was invited to the woman's home, who he met through a former partner, and simply chatted to her over a coffee and left.

When questioned by his barrister Nicolas Gerasimidis, he told the jury: "I had done nothing wrong. I don't know why these things have been said about me, unless they're trying to stick me back in prison."

The complainant claims Shirley subjected her to a terrifying three-hour ordeal in her home, during which he spoke of how he had stabbed a woman called Mary and he wanted her to "smell as sweet and fresh as Mary".

She said all she knew before the knifepoint attack was that Shirley was on licence for a previous offence.

Shirley, who was living in Richmond Road, Easton, denies false imprisonment, committing an offence with intent to commit a sexual offence, rape and three charges of assault by penetration in March.

The jury has been told he was convicted of the murder of 67-year-old widow Mary Wainwright in Cardiff and jailed for life in 1987.

After being released on licence in 2003, he was recalled to prison for drink-driving in January 2007 and was released again in around August last year.

It is claimed that, having met the woman through one of her friends, Shirley emulated the murder for which he was convicted by stripping the woman and abusing her in her own kitchen.

The attack – in which a "cold-eyed" Shirley continually referred to Mary and seemed to argue with himself – only came to a stop when the petrified woman's son returned home, the court has heard.

Shirley claims the woman had only heard about his grim past through being told by her friend.

Shirley said the complainant phoned him and said just because he had fallen out with his partner, who was her friend, it did not mean he could not go round for a chat.

He said on March 20 he visited the woman and talked with her in her kitchen, before leaving at around 1.10pm. He said they exchanged "general chit-chat" and he did not keep her against her will, attack her or tell her he killed Mary Wainwright.

The following day, he said, he spent the day with a new girlfriend and the day after he texted the complainant, wishing her "Happy Mother's Day". He said the next day police arrested him, told him he was being recalled to prison and said it was due to "poor behaviour".

The case continues.