A woman who was badly beaten by her boyfriend when she told him that the relationship was over is threatening to take legal action against him.

According to the woman, they had been in a relationship for five years and were even planning to get married and buy a house. Last year, one of his friends told her that her boyfriend was involved with one of her friends and she consulted him about it.

"He denied that he was having an affair with one of my friends and even told me that whoever told me that wanted to break up our relationship" she said.

"I even asked my friend about what I had heard and she denied it and vowed that she would never do such a thing. "One evening, someone told me to go by a certain motel and wait for sometime. I waited for almost two hours and, to my surprise, I saw my boyfriend and my friend coming from the motel, hugging and kissing. I could not believe my eyes.

"I rushed up to them and grabbed him by his shirt front. We began to fight, but some men came and parted us and I went home.

"Two days later, I saw my boyfriend while I was coming home from work. He began walking beside me. He told me how much he loved me and did not want our relationship to end. He said he made a big mistake and was asking me to forgive him.

"I told him that was the end of our relationship, because he had lied to me about my friend. He said it was my friend who had invited him to the motel and he now realised that he should not have gone with her.

"When I told him to move from beside me with his lies because I was no longer interested in him, he boxed me. He used a piece of stick to hit me all over my body and, during the incident, he twisted my arm so that it was swollen for two weeks. I reported the matter to the police and he was arrested and charged. He pleaded guilty to assaulting me.

"I had to visit the doctor several times and had to pay all the medical expenses. I wrote him telling him to pay the medical bills, but he has refused. My sister suggested that I should take him to court for the money, but I think it is too late, because he has been to court already and he was fined for assaulting me," she added.

Although he was fined for assaulting you, it is still open to you to sue him in the civil court to recover the money you spent for medical expenses. You must ensure that you have the receipts for the prescriptions as well as a report from the doctor outlining the number of times you visited and what were the charges.