Police are appealing for witnesses after a mobile phone was snatched from a man in Ipswich.

The incident happened in Silent Street at around 3.30pm on July 8.

A 20-year-old man was walking along the road when a man standing in an alleyway spoke to him. The man grabbed the mobile phone from the victim’s hand, then ran off down the alleyway towards the bus station.

The offender is described as a white man, aged in his late 20s, approximately 5ft 10in tall, of a medium to large build, had acne scarring on his face and was wearing a matching dark coloured tracksuit with a hood.

Anyone with information relating to this crime should contact Dc Michael Florey at Ipswich CID on 101.