Police hunting for the murderer of a West Bromwich woman have arrested a man in Liverpool.

June Jones, 33, was found dead at her maisonette in on the Charlemont Farm estate at about 2am on 31 December.

Police later launched a manhunt for Michael Foran, 32, who had been in a relationship with Jones, and detectives said they believed he could be in Liverpool.

On Saturday, a West Midlands police spokesman said: “Detectives investigating the murder of 33-year-old June Jones have this afternoon arrested a 32-year-old man in Liverpool on suspicion of murder. He will now be transferred to the West Midlands police area for questioning.”

Miss Jones was reported missing by her sister on Boxing Day. Police said there was evidence she was the victim of a “sustained and brutal assault with a weapon”.

Keith O’Dwyer, 34, of Beaconview Road, West Bromwich, appeared before Walsall magistrates on Saturday charged with assisting the suspected killer. He was remanded in custody to appear at Wolverhampton crown court on 10 January.