A man has been charged with the murder of a woman in an Aberdeen flat.

Bala Chinda, 25, made no plea or declaration when he appeared in court on Wednesday accused of killing the woman, whose body was found at a property in Union Terrace in the centre of Aberdeen at around 1.10pm on Friday.

He was detained in custody and will appear again at the end of February.

On Wednesday, police said they "strongly believed" the dead woman to be 37-year-old Jessica McGraa, also known as Bianca, from London.

Detective superintendent David McLaren, from Police Scotland's Major Investigation Team, is appealing to anyone who saw or spoke to Ms McGraa in the days before her death to contact the force.

He said: "In particular, I am appealing for anyone who was in Jessica's company or who spoke to her on Tuesday 9, Wednesday 10, Thursday 11 or Friday 12, February to come forward as a matter of urgency.

"Piecing together the events leading up to her body being discovered on Friday afternoon is crucial to our investigation.

"Jessica is also believed to have sometimes used the name Bianca so this may be a name that people are more familiar with.

"Although a man has been arrested and charged we continue to gather evidence and would appeal for anyone who has information to contact us."