Police are appealing for information after a man who exposed himself to a 16-year-old boy on Tuesday.

The incident, in Ipswich’s Foxhall Road, happened at around 4pm.

The man, sat in a car by the roadside, called the teen over to ask for directions.

Before he could answer the boy noticed the man was exposing himself through his trousers.

The victim left and went into a nearby supermarket, where he encountered the offender again, who smiled at him.

The man is described as of Middle Eastern appearance, aged in his late 30s to early 40s, of an average build and was in a new looking dark blue coloured car.

Anyone who witnessed the incident or recognises the man described should contact Pc Terry O’Neill from Ipswich on 101.