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A 37-year-old woman allegedly stabbed her boyfriend because he farted in her face during an argument.

Deborah Ann Burns is accused of knifing her partner of six years, Willie Butler, with an eight-inch blade at their Florida apartment last week.

Burns claims the couple were rowing over money while watching TV when her 53-year-old lover got up to go to the kitchen and broke wind in her face.

She told police she confronted him but Mr Butler became "agitated" and allegedly threw a kitchen knife at her, which missed.

Burns reportedly picked up the blade and threw it back, hitting him in the stomach.

Police arrived following reports of a stabbing to find Mr Butler standing in front of his home, bleeding from wounds to his abdomen and left arm, according to a Collier County Sheriff's Office report.

Burns was arrested and charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, according to 14News.

She is currently being held on a $50,000 bond.