A HUNT has been launched for a thug and thief who is wanted by police.

Jake Decker, from Brighton, is alleged to have breached the terms of his prison release license.

The 20-year-old was jailed for 42 months in October 2014 for various offences including GBH, burglary and handling stolen goods.

Decker is white, 5'6", of slim build, with short dark hair and blue eyes. He is believed to have links in Brighton, possibly the Woodingdean area.

He is known to have been in the Hollingdean, London Road and Whitehawk areas of Brighton in the last few weeks.

Anyone who knows where Decker is 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 1037 of November 24.