A MAN accused of sexually assaulting a woman in her home has told a jury everything they did was consensual.

During his trial at York Crown Court, Lee Yebdri, 25, said he was invited into the woman's home in the early hours of August 27, 2014.

The pair met minutes earlier in Skeldergate, according to Yebdri, as he was on his way home from smoking cannabis in North Street Gardens and she was returning from a night in York.

Yebdri, of Princess Drive, Acomb, said he interrupted a phone call she was making and asked for something to light his cannabis joint.

This, Yebdri said, sparked a conversation about a person they both knew and they walked back to the woman's house.

He said: "I couldn't stop smiling at her and she asked me why. I said it was because I fancied her and then I kissed her on the lips."

He told his barrister, Glenn Parsons, she did not object.

When the pair arrived at the woman's home, Yebdri said they embraced and kissed, then performed sex acts on each other before the woman told him "that's enough for now", and they walked into the kitchen to get an alcoholic drink.

He produced a bag of strong cannabis and claims they shared a smoke in the garden.

He added: "We were enjoying the moment."

Yebdri could not remember the conversation, only that is was "general chit chat" and the woman "seemed quite alright."

He added she put her head on his lap, but was sick moments later.

"I didn't force her head on to my lap," said Yebdri.

"She was sick and I think it was a cocktail of the two - the alcohol and strong cannabis.

"I tried to reassure her by rubbing her back but she had a big outburst and told me to get off her.

"She just lost it."

Yebdri claimed the woman shouted at him to get out and did not stop until he left.

The court heard earlier in the trial that Yebdri had only been allowed to have a smoke in her garden and when she was sick he asked for a kiss and a hug.

She refused and it is alleged he followed her inside and sexually assaulted her. He denies sexually assaulting the woman.

During cross examination, Aisha Wadoodi, prosecuting, claimed Yebdri delayed saying anything about the allegations until he knew what the woman had claimed.

She said: "It's just nonsense. The only way you have come up with this account is by studying the prosecution papers and finding the best way around it.

"You took advantage of a woman who had a lot to drink."

The trial continues.