POLICE are appealing for help to locate a prisoner, who has links with South Yorkshire and who has absconded from HMP Sudbury.

Derbyshire Police say that Rhys Allen left the open prison on Sunday October 20 at around 4.15am.

The 30-year-old is serving an eight-year sentence for aggravated burglary and possession of a firearm after being sentenced in 2017.

Allen is white, around 5ft 10ins tall, of slim build, with brown eyes.

He has links to the South Yorkshire, Merseyside, Cheshire, Dyfed-Powys, North Wales, Thames Valley, West Midlands, Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire areas.

If you know where Allen is please contact Derbyshire police with reference 184-201024: