A man has been charged with the murder of a 47-year-old woman whose body was found at a house in Liverpool.

Emergency services were called to The Green at about 4.55pm on November 25 to reports Malak Adabzadeh had been found in a house in Stoneycroft, Merseyside Police said in a statement.

Ms Adabzadeh – who the force said was Iranian, lived in the area and was also known as Katy – was pronounced dead at the scene.

A Home Office post-mortem examination confirmed the cause of death as head trauma.

Police said Mohammad Ureza Azizi, 57, of The Green, Stoneycroft, was charged with her murder on Friday.

He has been remanded in custody to appear at Liverpool Magistrates’ Court on Saturday.

A 21-year-old man from Stoneycroft and a 46-year-old man from Norris Green, who were arrested on suspicion of murder, remain on bail with conditions.

– Anyone with information should contact 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 with the reference 21000820292.