A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after police found a woman's dead body in a flat.

Police were called to the property at Godwin Court on the Needles estate, Horsham, at just before midnight last night.

They found a woman's body on the floor of the insecure flat. She had suffered multiple injuries.

A man found close to her body in the flat was arrested on suspicion of murder and is being questioned at Crawley police station.

It is not known how old the woman was and her family have yet to be notified.

One neighbour reported hearing a scream earlier in the evening.