A MAN has been charged with murder of a woman who was found dead in a flat.

Zahid Naseem, 47, from Amersham in Buckinghamshire has been charged with the murder of Christina Abbotts at her flat in Highams Hill, Crawley, on May 25.

Police were called to her flat at 10.30pm on Friday and found Ms Abbotts, aged 29, dead in a bed.

He has been remanded in custody to appear at Brighton Magistrates' Court on Monday, May 28.