A £500 reward is being offered in the search for a wanted man after a woman was attacked.

Zak Marsden failed to appear at Brighton Magistrates Court on December 3 to face charges of assaulting a woman known to him at an address in the city.

Police now also want to interview the 32-year-old regarding criminal damage, after reports windows at the address have been smashed deliberately.

During the search for Marsden, three people have been arrested on suspicion of aiding an offender, including two men in their thirties from Newhaven and Hove and a 26-year-old woman from Hastings.

They have been released on bail while enquiries continue.

Marsden is white, 5ft 6in tall, of a large build, with blue eyes, a shaved head and a tattoo on his neck, and has links to Brighton and Hastings.

Detective Sergeant Jack Sagar of the Brighton Safeguarding Investigations Unit said: "We have already offered a £500 reward for information that leads to Marsden's arrest and conviction.

"Anyone who assists an offender to evade justice also commits an offence themselves.

"If you have information which you think could help us find him, please call 101 quoting 650 of 08/09.

"But if you see him, do not approach him but dial 999 immediately."