DETECTIVES in Waltham Forest are searching for a man a pensioner was distracted and stolen from.

Officers have released a CCTV image of a man wanted in connection with the callous theft from the 76-year-old at a cash machine in Leytonstone.

The victim was at the ATM outside Tesco in Gainsborough Road on August 2 when the card was stolen.

It was later declined in Iceland, shortly after 2pm.

The CCTV has been released as part of a joint venture between the Guardian and the Metropolitan Police to identify perpetrators of unsolved crimes.

Anyone who recognises suspect 191452 is urged to get in contact with police on 101, or by calling Crimestoppers anonymously, quoting reference 4915685/15.