The victim of two alleged rapes at the hands of her ex-boyfriend had to read explicit, personal letters to a Supreme Court jury yesterday which were written to her by the defendant.

The letters contained details of their past sexual relationship and pledges of enduring love from the defendant.

But the jury in the sex assault trial of a 30-year-old Jamaican man, also heard on cross-examination yesterday, that the alleged victim fought with her teenage rival for defendant?s affections and was also involved in physical fights with her former lover.

The 24-year-old victim was in the witness box again yesterday recounting the horrific attacks of two years earlier. The jury also learned that the victim became pregnant by the defendant during the second attack but that she lost the baby.

Prosecutor Carrington Mahoney presented the court with letters that the defendant had friends deliver to the victim while he was imprisoned on remand after the second alleged attack.

On Monday the court heard that while the first alleged attack occurred in February, 2003, the victim dropped the charges against the defendant in Magistrates? Court in May of that year.

After the charges were dropped, the defendant came to her home and beat, raped and slashed her again according to the prosecution.

The man ? who cannot be named for legal reasons ? denies two sets of serious sexual assault and wounding charges as well as breaking and entering and intimidating a witness in relation to two alleged attacks on his ex-girlfriend.

The first set of letters read in court yesterday were given to the woman in June, 2003 by the defendant?s brother. The woman said she knew that they were from the defendant because of the handwriting. He also sent her an envelope filled with explicit pictures.

The woman read each letter and note aloud for the jury to hear yesterday ? while her current husband also sat listening in the court.

The letters were filled with graphic details about her previous sexual life with the defendant as well as confessions of how much he missed her and still wanted to be with her. Ironically, in the letters the defendant also mentioned numerous bible verses that he wanted to victim to read. He wrote that he wasn?t able to eat or sleep, all he did was smoke about 12 times a day.

?I thought he was sick,? the victim told the jury in response to the letters. She also said that she didn?t want to hear about their sexual activities or relationship.

She told the court that as a result of the second rape, she found herself pregnant by the defendant.

Unfortunately, the baby died inside of her and had to be removed by doctors. In his letters, however, the defendant expressed his joy at the victim being pregnant.

As defence lawyer Shade Subair began her cross-examination of the victim, however, she challenged the woman on why she opened her door to the man who allegedly raped her and threatened her family after dropping charges against him on May 19, 2003.

?Did you not feel frightened that this man who raped you and threatened your family was at your front door,? she asked.

The victim told the court that she didn?t think the defendant was stupid enough to do it again. ?Why would I think he would harm me after I dropped the charges,? she said.

The victim said she gave the Police numerous witness statements about the incident.

She also said that she read them no more than three or four times. Ms Subair proceeded to suggest that the victim read the statements more than three or four times and maybe even tried to memorise them but the victim strongly disagreed.

Ms Subair pointed out that on the day the woman dropped the charges against the defendant, she told the judge that she was doing so of her own free will ? not because of threats or harassment.

But the witness told the court that she thought the defendant would harm her sisters because he had told her about people he had killed in Jamaica.

Ms Subair asked the victim numerous questions asking for details about the incident which the victim couldn?t recall. She said that it happened over two years ago and she didn?t remember everything.

The victim admitted, however, that she obtained a protection order against the defendant on February 18, 2003, but was involved in an accident after that date with the defendant and a friend of hers.

Ms Subair asked why she would be in a vehicle with the defendant only a short while after obtaining a protection order.

The victim told the court that her mother encouraged her to get a protection order and that was the reason she did.

As the cross-examination continued, Ms Subair asked about the victim?s statement on Monday that during the first sex attack, the defendant rubbed his penis on her vagina.

?Yes, have you heard of dry-banking,? the agitated victim replied.

Ms Subair also asked the victim about a high school girl who found her way into the middle of the victim?s relationship with the defendant.

The victim admitted that she and the girl physically fought on two occasions and that she and the defendant broke up because of the girl.

Ms Subair also asked the defendant about a fight which occurred between her and the defendant. The victim told the court that the defendant slapped her with a machete and threw a hoe handle at her.

She proceeded to smash the windows of their car and then the defendant chased her around the car. She said that he also broke her stereo inside the apartment.

After the incident, the victim said her parents didn?t want the defendant on their property anymore.

Ms Subair suggested to the victim that she tried to get pregnant on several occasions.

She also suggested that the victim wrote the defendant a letter while he was in prison but the victim denied both accusations.

The trial resumes today in Supreme Court.