A property firm worker accused of murdering his wife has denied suggestions that drinking alcohol made him uncontrollably angry - but admitted swearing at a female guest who left a door open.

Jurors were told David Clark was verbally abusive to the visitor - causing the offended woman and her husband to break off contact for about a year.

Clark, of Cloverdale, Stoke Prior, near Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, denies murdering 44-year-old Melanie Clark after sharing three bottles of Prosecco and a Jack Daniel's mixer drink with her on New Year's Eve.

Addressing a jury on the second day of his evidence at Birmingham Crown Court, Clark was asked about an incident alleged to have occurred after he had been drinking in 2015.

Clark, who said he could not recall the date of the incident, was asked by prosecutor Benjamin Aina QC: "Would you agree that if you were drinking alcohol your anger could be uncontrollable?"

Clark replied "No sir", before saying of the incident in which a visitor left the lounge door open: "They (the guest and Melanie) were making a point of it. They were not my friends, they were my wife's friends."

The 49-year-old defendant, who grew up in South Africa and moved to the UK with his wife in 2011, denied slamming the door in the woman's face but admitted he had sworn at her.

During his evidence, Clark rejected claims that "insulting behaviour" by him had been one reason for the breakdown of his relationship with his wife, as well as the fact he had few friends.

The former military medic conceded that his wife had expressed concern after he allegedly used bad language towards her children, including an occasion when one of them could not lift a heavy box.

Prosecutors allege that Clark stabbed his wife to death after taking part in a drinking game - and then repeatedly asked armed police to shoot him. It's alleged he was around double the legal drink-drive limit.

Opening the Crown's case last week, Mr Aina alleged that Clark stabbed Mrs Clark after she told him she wanted him to leave their home in the morning.

The trial continues.