POLICE are appealing for  the public’s help to locate a 29-year-old man who has absconded from HMP Leyhill - the third in the last week.

Michael Dare, who is serving a 20-month sentence for a burglary committed in 2010, was last seen at the prison at around 5pm on Friday (October 31).

Dare, who has links to Suffolk, is described as white, 5ft 11ins, of heavy build, with an angular face and receding brown hair. He has an East Anglian accent and a tattoo of a cross on his left arm. He was wearing a tracksuit at the time he is believed to have absconded.

Dare, who we believe may be in the Birmingham area, is considered to be a risk to the public. The police are advising anyone who sees him not to approach him, but to call 999 immediately.