POLICE today appealed for witnesses after a mobile phone was snatched from a man in Carterton.

The man was standing outside the Aviator public house in Brize Norton Road talking on his phone when a man ran past and snatched the Nokia N95 phone from his hand.

He is white with a tanned complexion, in his twenties or thirties, about 6ft tall, slim, and has short dark hair. He was wearing a dark-coloured baseball cap, a dark, short anorak and dark blue denim jeans.

Anyone who may have witnessed the incident which happened at about 8pm on May 1, or recognises the description, is asked to contact PC Steve Patrick at Carterton police station on 0845 8 505 505.

If you do not want to talk to police and do not want to leave your name, call the Crimestoppers charity anonymously on 0800 555 111.