A WOMAN left her ex-husband 'half-castrated and infertile' after kneeing him in the groin and forcing him to have one testicle removed.

Rimma Gayazova, 27, faces up to three years in jail after her husband had to undergo the emergency amputation due to a scrotal rupture.

It's claimed the former boxer attacked her former spouse during a row in an elevator over a weekend visit with their son.

Vyacheslav Povetyev, 29, complained to police that he is “half-castrated” and “infertile” after suffering a scrotal rupture.

Surgeons had to remove the damaged testicle, Kaliningrad Police said.

The woman said that her ex-husband was the first to attack, grabbing her by the neck and attempted to take the child from her.

To defend herself she kneed him in the groin, she explained and it's understood Mr Povetyev is not under criminal investigation.

Reports say that the ex-husband complained to police that he had “became infertile and suffered psychological harm” after the incident which left him “half castrated”.

Gayazova is facing a criminal investigation for “the intentional infliction of moderate bodily harm” which carries a punishment of up to three years in jail.

“The victim went to hospital with the injury, where doctors diagnosed a scrotal rupture, considered to be a moderate bodily injury,” said a police statement.

They continued: “Investigators from the police department for the Leningradsky district initiated a criminal case under article 112 of the (Russian) Criminal Code - ‘Intentional infliction of moderate bodily harm'.

“It is known that as a teenager the woman was engaged in boxing.”