Victoria Reid, 60, was arrested after allegedly shooting her husband in the testicles in a row over an alleged affair

A 60-year-old woman has been arrested after allegedly shooting her husband in the testicles in a row over an alleged affair.

Victoria Reid, from Melbourne, Florida, is accused of shooting Jim Reid, also aged 60, in the groin on Wednesday.

She demanded her husband of 16 years sit on the sofa during a blazing row in which she is said to have accused him of being unfaithful.

Reid allegedly pulled out a weapon and taunted her husband with it, threatening to shoot him in the face and chest, officials told Click Orlando.

She told Mr Reid that she wanted to maim him and give him post-traumatic stress disorder, which she suffers from herself, according to Brevard County Sheriff's Office.

The woman allegedly shot her husband in his left knee, but the bullet ricocheted up his thigh and lodged in his testicles.

His condition is not known.

Reid was arrested and charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, aggravated domestic violence, false imprisonment and firing a weapon inside a home.

She is being held in Brevard County Jail on a $35,000 bond.