A 31-year-old Brampton man has been charged with aggravated assault after a 28-year-old woman was stabbed in the chest early Saturday morning.

Peel Regional Police responded to a call in the early hours of Aug. 11 at a residence in Knightsbridge where a man and a woman were present.

According to police, the pair got into an argument that escalated into the woman getting assaulted with an edged weapon.

The victim, who suffered a punctured lung, was rushed to hospital and is now in stable condition.