DETECTIVES have released a second image of a man in connection with the rape of a woman in Brighton city centre.

A CCTV image of a man was captured in Middle Street, Brighton, at 4am on Wednesday November 30 following the attack.

A 19-year-old female victim woman had met the suspect in a nightclub and then at Buddies restaurant along the seafront. They went to an alleyway where she said he raped her.

The suspect is white, around 5' 8", aged about 24, with a thin face, bald or shaved head and clean shaven. He had prominent ears and was wearing a low round neck light coloured long sleeved blue top and blue jeans.

In December, detectives issued their first appeal to find the man.

Detective constable Jenny Pietersen, of Sussex Police, said: "Our original appeal in December, shortly after the incident, resulted in several calls offering information.

"However we still need to identify and trace this man and we hope the second photo we have acquired will further jog memories."

A police spokesman said at the time the image was recorded, the man was accompanied by another man, believed to be a friend, who is not regarded as a suspect but who police would also like to talk to as he may have valuable information.

Witnesses or anyone with information should contact Sussex Police via email 101@sussex.pnn.police.uk, use the online form at sussex.police.uk/contact-us/response-to-appeal/, or call 101 quoting serial 104 of November 30.

Alternatively contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or via crimestoppers-uk.org