POLICE have launched an appeal after a 12-year-old girl had her purse stolen.

Officers say the girl was on Daisy Lane in Gosport when the theft took place, around 8.30am on Monday.

The girl was not hurt in the incident.

Police are now looking to trace a man, described as white, 5ft 10ins tall, wearing a blue hooded top and who was acting suspiciously in the area.

Anyone with information is asked to call 101, quoting reference 44190033696.