THIS is the man police want to speak to after a bike belonging to a schoolboy was stolen from inside a Hampshire shop.

The 11-year-old boy went into the Co-op store in Woolston with a friend and left his black and green Cube mountain bike by the lottery stand, just inside the door.

But when the youngster returned, his bike, worth £320, had been stolen.

Officers investigating the theft would like to speak to the man caught on the CCTV camera of the John’s Road shop.

He is of slim build, white, aged in his late teens and with short, brown hair.

He was wearing a grey longsleeved round neck jumper and black jeans.

Anyone with information about the theft, which happened at 2pm on September 3, should contact PC Lauren Miller, at Bitterne police station on 101 or call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.