assaulted her yesterday admitted in Supreme Court she attacked him and another girlfriend with a machete six days prior to his alleged assaults.

The defence also countered that the complainant was so obsessed and jealous of her boyfriend that she once attacked and bit the ear off of a girl who was sitting with him on a City Hall bench.

Under cross examination by defence counsel Kim Wilson, the complainant admitted to the ten-woman, two-man jury she was waiting under some trees outside the defendant's house in Smith's Parish on the night of August 6, 1994 and ambushed the couple with a machete when they came home, cutting the accused's girlfriend in the attack.

"It (the attack) was meant for him,'' she said. "I was provoked; for the past few years he'd been messing around on me and beating me.'' The young woman claims that on August 12, 1994 her ex-boyfriend grabbed her by the neck from behind as she was walking near Victoria Park in Hamilton and forced her across the park into a waiting van.

She testified on the opening day of the man's Supreme Court trial that he drove her to a Dundonald Street warehouse where he physically and sexually assaulted her. At one point, she told the court, she was sexually assaulted with a seven-inch metal pipe.

The complainant testified she was pregnant at the time and because of the brutal assault suffered a miscarriage.

The defendant -- who cannot be named for legal reasons -- has pleaded not guilty to a five-count indictment including charges of serious sexual assault, deprivation of liberty, and having unlawful carnal knowledge.

The Crown contends the attacks were the culmination of an illegal love affair gone bad.

Crown Counsel Khamisi M. Tokunbo earlier told the court the accused entered into a stormy and sexual relationship with the complainant while she was only 13-years-old and at one point was actually living with her.

The defence contends the complainant, who is now 17, fabricated the whole story to get back at him for ending the relationship.

Ms Wilson told the court that love letters, cards and notes written by the complainant between January, 1993 and July, 1994 -- when she was 14 and 15-years-old -- show she was obsessed and threatened suicide when the defendant tried to end the relationship.

"Isn't it true,'' asked Ms Wilson, "when (the accused) attempted to break up you threatened to kill yourself?'' "No, that's not true. Why would I do that; there are plenty of other men around. I knew that I'd meet someone else and fall in love,'' she replied. And the complainant laughed as Ms Wilson read the opening of her first letter addressed "To the one I love, sexy.'' "Is something funny?'' asked Ms Wilson.

"Yes,'' she replied.

"You find this whole thing funny, don't you,'' said Ms Wilson.

"I can't believe I was so stupid back then,'' she replied.

The defence tendered 11 exhibits where the complainant alluded to suicide, threats, or stated clearly she was obsessed with the accused.

"Your definition of obsession is different than mine,'' the young woman told Ms Wilson.

The defence produced a letter dated March 23, 1993, where the complainant writes: "I'm losing my trust in you. Literally all the hurt I have inside is going to react one day.'' "Is that a threat,'' asked Ms Wilson.

"Yes; you can call it threat. But I was reacting to all the mind games he was playing and all the guys he was telling and it was taking a toll. It was catching up with me. I had a right to feel that way. He was messing around,'' she replied.

A meeting between the illicit lovers did take place at the warehouse on August 12, said Ms Wilson, but when the accused tried to end the relationship amicably and asked for an end to the attacks on himself and his friends, the complainant became angry and the meeting ended up in a fight.

"Regrettably -- as a result of all this anger -- he got mad and hit you in the mouth,'' said Ms Wilson.

"I said he hit me in the mouth,'' replied the complainant, who otherwise disputed the rest of the defence's version.

"I suggest,'' went on Ms Wilson, "you had five-and-a-half weeks (before reporting the assault to Police) to concoct this brilliant story and when you had a miscarriage you built this into your story.'' "No. That's not correct,'' she replied. The Crown's second witness told the court he was called by the complainant the night of the attack and found her distraught, with bruises on her arms, back, chest, and a haemorrhage in one eye.

Girl accused of attack Under questioning by Crown Council JoDina Pearman, he testified he phone the accused: "I told him `come and beat me' like he beat her. I told him it was a cowardly thing to do. He replied to me `I don't deal with boys. I deal with guns'.'' Dr. J.H. Woolf testified he examined the complainant August 30 -- about two weeks after the alleged assault -- for vaginal bleeding.

"I postulated that she had a complete miscarriage. I ordered an ultrasound that revealed an empty uterus.'' He told the court the complainant did not mention the assault nor did he notice any scratching or bruises.

The trial, before Puisne Judge Norma Wade, resumes on Monday.