THE police are appealing information after a charity collection box was stolen from a church in Painswick.

On the morning of Thursday, April 2 it was reported that a charity collection box inside St Mary's Church had been broken into and the cash stolen. 

Two other collections tins inside the church were also tampered with in an attempt to break into them.

Police would like help in identifying the person seen in the CCTV footage they have released who may be able to help them with their enquiries.

If you recognise the man in the footage please call 101 quoting incident number 314 of 7th April 2015.