A MURDERER is believed to have defrauded a woman of £30,000 after being released from prison on licence.

Police are warning members of the public not to approach Stephen David Lund, also known as Peter James Lund, who they are hunting.

The 62-year-old was jailed for life at Teeside Crown Court in October 1980 after being found guilty of murder.

Lund was released on licence from HM Prison Elmley on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, in 2015 but is since believed to have defrauded a woman of £30,000 and breached his licence in other ways.

His last known address was at a caravan park in Pett Level Road, Winchelsea, but he also has links to North Wales.

Lund, a Mancunian by birth, is white, 5'10", of slim build, with blue eyes short brown thinning hair. He speaks with a north-west regional accent.

He is known to wear spectacles and may be in possession of an 02 registered silver Jaguar X-type saloon car.

A warrant for his arrest has been issued.

Anyone who knows where Lund is should contact Sussex Police via email 101@sussex.pnn.police.uk or phone 101, quoting seri1235 of September 27.

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