POLICE are appealing for information after a car stolen from a home in Thornbury was later found crashed in Wiltshire.

The red Ford Focus was discovered crashed and abandoned in Grittleton, near Chippenham, at around 4.20am on Friday, June 24, having last been seen near the owner’s house in Midland Way the evening before.

Anyone with information that could assist police enquiries is asked to contact officers through the Avon and Somerset website, www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/contact, or by calling 101, quoting reference 5217501.

Alternatively information can be given anonymously to independent charity Crimestoppers by calling 0800 555 111.