A woman has been charged with the murder of a 23-month-old boy.

James Chilvers was found with multiple stab wounds when police were called to a domestic incident at a house in the Wythenshawe area of Manchester just after midnight on 27 August last year.

James was discovered in the empty property after a man and woman had earlier left to go to hospital.

Magdalena Lesicka, 31, of Wythenshawe, is accused of murder and will appear from custody at Manchester magistrates court on Friday.

After the toddler’s death, Greater Manchester police referred themselves to the police watchdog after it was revealed that officers had been called to a similar reported domestic incident at the same address around 24 hours earlier.