A man has been charged with attempted murder after a woman was stabbed multiple times and sought refuge on a nearby bus.

Jamiv Usman, 30, unemployed, of Meadowview, Brighton, has been charged with attempted murder following an incident in the city in the early hours of Saturday morning (March 28).

Police were called to a property in Meadowview a few minutes after midnight.

They discovered that a 19-year-old woman, suffering multiple stab wounds, had boarded a bus nearby and an ambulance had been called. She was taken to the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton where she remained on Sunday. Her injuries, while serious, are not considered life-threatening.

Usman will appear before magistrates at Brighton on Monday (March 30).