An obsessive fan jailed after stalking violinist Vanessa Mae for almost a decade says she should be the one to apologise.

Speaking for the first time since walking free from prison, David Martin told The Argus he had done nothing wrong and wanted to keep in touch with the millionaire star.

Martin, 57, who lives in a camper van in Worthing, said the 25-year-old classical musician encouraged him to follow her entourage on tour and even write to her.

He said they had discussed funding an orphanage in China and he had also loaned her CDs - which he now hoped she would return.

He said: "Will she ever give me back my CDs? Who knows. Ten years from now she may say sorry or even help the children in the orphanages in China. Anything is possible.

"People who know me say I am a very nice guy."

He insisted Ms Mae had been supportive of him until his latest arrest, which he blamed on her French boyfriend, Lionel Catalan.

But Ms Mae has spoken of how "terrified" she was by Martin, who kept a diary of her movements, bombarded her with love letters and carried a knife outside her home.

The unemployed hospital engineer's claims have been rubbished by the police officer who put him behind bars.

Detective Constable David Cahill, of Notting Hill CID, said: "He just doesn't appreciate what he is doing is wrong. His behaviour is completely unreasonable.

"Vanessa Mae has never welcomed him. The first time he appeared she treated him as a fan, but as soon as it very quickly became apparent he wasn't such a normal person, she contacted police. That was years ago but he still hasn't got the message. It's more than likely he'll breach his injunction."

Martin said he followed advice to plead guilty, believing he would receive a fine and Ms Mae would be spared further upset.

He said: "I pleaded not guilty because I was not guilty. I only changed that plea when she arrived in court as I was told it was only a Mickey Mouse case.

"I did not wish her to stand in court if all I was going to be was fined as it was the French guy who had me arrested, not her. She had always had my phone number and could have me arrested at any time if that was her wish. She could have on the last tour.

"I went to all the concerts after asking if that was okay. This is standard practice with me.

"I had a great time, meeting up with her gran, who came to talk to me in the interval and sat and chatted when the public had left at the end of the concert.

"I had such a great time on the tour and got on with all the crew, especially the sound guys, that I bought them some beers at the end of the tour - the first time I have done that in 26 years of touring.

"I had asked during the tour if she was okay and I was told she was fine with me being there. I asked, as I always do, as I had not seen her.

"I can say, in eight years I have always asked and it is only with permission do I tour around with her and all her musicians.

"In those eight years, not her or a single person ever said I had upset her or anyone."

In fact, he has repeatedly breached restraining orders.

Martin first wrote to Ms Mae nine years ago.

He progressed to trying to deliver gifts backstage and letters to her door. Although the letters were not threatening, Ms Mae was disturbed by the notes, which arrived about four times a month.

In one of them, he wrote: "I will speak to you, you owe me that."

Several times he tried to talk to her as she walked her dog but she first ignored him, then shouted at him to leave her alone.

He was arrested last October after being found carrying a lock-knife outside her Kensington house.

An indefinite restraining order was imposed last Christmas Eve banning him from two west London streets after he admitted harassment.

West London District Judge Simon Cooper said at the time: "Clearly he is a man disturbed to the degree that he loses contact with reality."

He made Martin the subject of a 12-month community rehabilitation order and banned him from going near Ms Mae's home, attending her concerts or contacting her fan club. But Mr Catalan spotted him nearby again two months later and he was held in custody until July, when he was found guilty of breaking the order.

Last month he was given a three-month sentence but released because of time already served.

Ms Mae released a statement saying: "I have been comforted by the fact the police have taken this case seriously but it is worrying that he is now back out.

"Considering he has breached previous restraining orders, I can only hope he starts to respect the law and my privacy from here on."

But Martin seems unrepentant and says he hopes to hear from her.

He claims he has been funding a farm north of Borneo for the last 15 years, as well as helping impoverished families in Vietnam, the Philippines, Thailand, China and Mongolia.

He said he wanted Ms Mae to support his proposed Chinese orphanage.

He added: "I still think it was right to ask her and I still think she would have backed it.

"I am very passionate about the team and the children they help.

"I am not guilty of upsetting anyone. If I had, why did she never tell me?"

Martin claimed the notes he made about Ms Mae were for an innocuous radio programme he was planning, rather than anything sinister.

Mr Cahill said he would investigate whether Martin's claims were an indirect breach of his injunction.