Man admits sex but denies murder

Nicky Robinson denies murder

A former crack addict had sex with a Bristol teenager hours before she was murdered but denied killing her, the city's Crown Court has heard.

Nicky Paul Robinson, 23, said he was having a casual relationship with Kylee Dibble, 18, just before her death.

Her remains were found in her Barton Hill flat after a fire in 2005.

Mr Robinson said he was a heavy crack user at the time and had spent the weekend before her death smoking drugs and drinking with friends.

He said Ms Dibble let him into her flat in the early hours of 28 February.

"I was there for about an hour, maybe a little longer. I left around 7am. We ended up having sex," he said.

Mr Robinson, of Tyler Street, The Dings, denies beating Ms Dibble to death and setting fire to her body to cover his tracks.

By the time he met Ms Dibble in January 2005, Mr Robinson was unemployed and of no fixed abode.

He said he could smoke up to £2,000 of crack in 24 hours and funded his habit by breaking into "commercial" properties.

Robinson told the court he left Miss Dibble's flat at 0700 BST on 28 February and returned to his cousin's flat in the same block.

He said his cousin's young son brought the fire to his attention and he saw smoke coming from the property when he left at 0845 BST.

Robinson denied he had confided in inmates of HMP Bristol in 2006 and admitted the Dibble murder.

The trial continues.