A man who is accused of hitting his baby mother with a hammer over a phone call, pleaded not guilty to the offence when he appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Friday.

Charged with assault occasioning bodily harm is 32-year-old Leonoire Earthlighte of a Kingston 11 address.

According to reports, on October 8 around 6:45 p.m., the complainant visited the accused at his home to collect money for their child, when a dispute developed over her making a phone call.

It is alleged that Earthlighte used his fist to punch the complainant in her face several times and also used a hammer to hit her on her shoulder causing swelling and bruises.

Earthlight however, denied using a hammer to hit his child's mother saying, "there was an altercation but there was no hammer, is she attack me first with a scissors."

He is to return to court for trial on November 17.