June Jones. Photograph: West Midlands police/PA

A man has been charged with murder after his ex-girlfriend was found dead on New Year’s Eve.

On Sunday, West Midlands police said Michael Foran, 32, had been charged with the murder of June Jones, 33.

Detectives launched a manhunt for Foran after Jones was discovered dead at her maisonette on the Charlemont Farm estate in West Bromwich, at around 2am on 31 December.

Foran, of no fixed address, was arrested in Liverpool on Saturday afternoon and transferred to the West Midlands for questioning.