THREE people are being hunted after life-saving equipment was stolen from outside a supermarket.

Police are appealing for witnesses to a theft which occurred outside the Co-Op in Western Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, at 0.35am on Friday (July 17).

A G3 defibrillator worth £850, made by Cardio Science and used to help resuscitate victims of heart attacks, was removed from a wall outside the Co-Op in Western Road, Bexhill, at 12.35am on Friday.

There are believed to be three suspects.

The first is a white man, aged 25-35, of average build and with short dark hair.

He was wearing grey jogging bottoms with white writing up the entire length of the right leg, a dark coloured v-neck t-shirt with contrasting light trim around neck and sleeve hem, light trainers carrying a jumper over his left shoulder. He also had a tattoo on his right forearm.

The second suspect is described as a white woman, aged 25-35, of slim build and with short dark hair brushed to one side. She was wearing shorts and trainers.

The third suspect is a white man, aged 25-35, of average build. He was wearing dark trousers and a dark-coloured hooded top.

He had short dark receding hair.