DETECTIVES from Southampton were today liaising with colleagues in London as they continued the hunt for serial offender Michael Easy.

It comes as police issued a warning that the 27-year-old may be using the internet to try to seek help avoiding capture.

Enquiries were being made in the capital concerning the whereabouts of Easy who is wanted by police following a serious assault on a teenage woman.

As reported, Easy is alleged to have violently attacked the 19-year-old after he gate-crashed a party in the city last weekend, punching her in the face before cutting her throat with an eight-inch knife.

He is then said to have dragged her outside the premises in Alma Road while she was bleeding from the wound until she struggled free and ran to get help.

Since the incident police have been searching for Easy, who has a history of violence including attacks on women.

Police also said several people had been contacted by Easy over the internet, and urged them to contact the force.

But despite repeated public appeals, including pleas for him to hand himself in to the nearest police station, he remains at large.

Members of the public have been warned not to approach him because he is said to be dangerous.

Hundreds of officers working in the city have been put on alert to arrest him and work is under way involving the force joint operations unit, CID and local uniformed officers.

But now contact has also been made with officers in London’s Met police to try and locate him.

Easy, who brazenly updated his Facebook page just a day after the latest violent attack, states that his home city is London where he attended Stockwell Park School.

He is known to have strong connections in Southampton but has no fixed address.

Meanwhile, in Southampton, police are continuing to search for Easy and are following up several new lines of enquiry after calls from members of the public. It is thought a number of city centre addresses form part of those enquiries.

Detective chief inspector Paul Gelman said finding Easy remained a “top priority” for police in the city to ensure the safety of members of the public.

He added: “We are aware that Michael Easy has attempted to make contact with various people via the internet.

“We would urge anyone who received communication from him in whatever form to call us and not to be afraid to share that information.”

He has repeated his plea for anyone who knows his whereabouts to come forward and urged Easy himself to do the right thing and hand himself in.

Anyone with information is asked to call Southampton CID on 101.