A young woman accused of using a pot cover to hit her 78-year-old grandmother was taken before the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.

The accused, Yonique Webb, was charged with assault occasioning bodily harm.

The complainant told the court that she was at home when someone came to the yard to purchase ice. She said an argument developed between her and the accused woman's boyfriend about how to go about selling the ice. After that face-off, the complainant came to where she was and used a pot cover to slap her on the shoulder.

The accused woman and her father, however, challenged that account. The accused woman's father said the complainant wanted to 'control the yard' and on many occasions, referred to the accused as a 'jacket'.

Resident Magistrate Judith Pusey ordered that the entire family receive counselling from the probation department before returning to court on April 29.