A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a 24-year-old woman found stabbed to death in a Manchester flat.

Michael Marler, 37, appeared at Manchester City magistrates court.

He is accused of the murder of Danielle Richardson, whose body was found at a flat in Ancoats in Manchester city centre on Tuesday morning.

Police were called at about 7.40am to reports that a man had jumped from the window of a second-storey flat.

Marler, of Oldham, had jumped on to the roof of a black Hyundai and on Swan Street and fled on foot towards Thompson Street before breaking the window of several cars, including a black BMW.

He is also charged with attempted robbery, assault and three counts of causing damage to motor vehicles.

A postmortem revealed that Richardson, from Oldham, died from multiple stab injuries. She was described by by her family as a “loving and caring mother, sister, daughter and auntie” with a “heart of gold”.

Chair of the bench, Terri Farrow, remanded the defendant in custody for a first appearance at Manchester crown court on 20 February.