A man accused of severely biting his daughter's finger after she disapproved of his actions towards her son appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Friday to answer to a wounding charge.

The court was informed that the accused, Courtney James, bit his daughter on her left ring finger resulting in a wound which bled. The complainant told Resident Magistrate Judith Pusey that the incident occurred after she expressed disapproval at the manner in which her father was 'handling' her four-year-old son.

James pleaded guilty to the charge of unlawful wounding.

The court also heard that earlier when James apparently resented his daughter's disapproval of his actions, she was attacked from behind and her neck squeezed with both hands. Her brother came to her assistance and rescued her from her father's attack.