Popular local singer Aisha Davis is to return to court on August 26 to stand trial for unlawful wounding.
The date was set in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday.
When the matter was first mentioned, the complainant told the court she and Davis are co-tenants and share a kitchen. She informed the court that she was assaulted after she had a disagreement over the usage of kitchen utensils and the division of kitchen space.
partially unconscious
The complainant told the court that Davis often spoke to her in a condescending manner. She alleged that on the day in question, Davis attacked her and knocked her partially unconscious.
The complainant said she was dragged along the ground, pinned down and repeatedly punched in the face while on the ground.
She said she was rescued by her boyfriend who was elsewhere in the house, but came to her aid after hearing the uproar. She said when she regained full consciousness, her boyfriend told her he had to remove a knife from her attacker's grasp. The Grants Pen police are said to have been called to the location.
Davis was a member of the Ashe Performing Arts Ensemble, however, she is better known for her collaboration hit with Anthony B in 2003, Someone Loves You Honey. She also has a current single with Aidonia called My Heart is Hers