Man charged after mother and daughter stabbed to death

 Police last night charged a man with the murder of a mother and her daughter who were stabbed to death in Solihull.

Janbaz Tarin, 21, will appear before Birmingham magistrates today. He has been charged with the murders of Raneem Oudeh, 22, and her mother Khaola Saleem, 49, West Midlands Police said last night.

It came as their family paid tribute to the pair, and told how Ms Oudeh’s toddler son has been crying out for his mother in the days following her death.

Salima Hobee, mother of Ms Saleem and grandmother of Ms Oudeh, told BBC News: “She [Raneem] had children – one boy is only one and a half years old, a baby. He calls out for her ‘mama, mama’. He’s been looking for her.”

Following their deaths, there was a three-day manhunt for the suspected killer. Tarin was detained in the Sparkhill area of Birmingham on Thursday evening.

The mother and daughter were stabbed at Ms Saleem’s home at just after 12.30am on Bank Holiday Monday.

Nour Norris, sister of Ms Saleem, added: “She wanted to study, she wanted to raise her son up in the best way she could.”