A MAN who accidentally left documents including his passport and bank account details at a cashpoint returned to discover they had been taken.

Now police have released images of a man they would like to speak with following the incident at HSBC bank in High Street, Christchurch.

At around 2.55pm on Wednesday September 30 a local man aged in his 20s went to the bank. While he was using the cashpoint, he placed a folder containing his passport, national insurance number card and bank account details on top of the machine.

The man left the bank without taking the folder with him. When he returned a short time later, it was discovered that the folder had been taken.

Police Community Support Investigator Kate Hann, of Dorset Police, said: "Following enquiries I have obtained a CCTV image of the man who is suspected to have taken the folder from the cashpoint.

"It is possible that the folder was taken with the intentions of handing it in, but this has not yet happened.

"I would ask anyone who recognises this man to please get in touch so that we can try to reunite the victim with his documents."

Information to Dorset Police on 101, quoting occurrence number 55200148320, or the free and anonymous Crimestoppers line on 0800 555 111.