POLICE have issued this e-fit of a man suspected of trying to rob a 13-year-old girl in Eastbourne.

The girl was walking in Cherry Garden Road at around 5.20pm on Tuesday, May 16, when the man grabbed her, causing her to fall to the ground.

He reached into her blazer pockets but ran off towards Sancroft Road when a car stopped..

He is white, 18 to 22, about 6ft, skinny with a fair complexion. He has “prominent” eyebrows.

He wore a grey short-sleeved round neck T-shirt, blue Adidas jogging bottoms with three stripes down each leg, blue Nike trainers and a black baseball cap.

Anyone with information should call 101.