A THIEF stole a Kindle, an iPad and a purse from a flat and then fled when a 17-year-old girl came home and disturbed him.

The daughter left the apartment in White Rock, Hastings, for a few minutes at about 4pm on Sunday, March 1, but returned to find the front door ajar.

She found a man in the corridor who rushed past her out of the door to escape.

Police have released an e-fit of a man they wish to speak to.

Detective constable Mark Waughman said: "We need to speak to anyone who may have seen the man in the e-fit in White Rock or who recognises him. If you know anything at all, please contact us immediately."

Anyone with information should call 101 or email 101@sussex.pnn.police.uk quoting 1326 of 01/03.