POLICE have issued an image appeal following an assault in Upton.

Shortly after 3pm on Friday, September 9, a man shopping in the Co-op in Poole Road put his basket down and left, saying he did not have his wallet.

When the shop assistant went to look out of the store, the man returned and after a brief verbal exchange punched the store worker to the side of his head.

It was reported that he also re-entered the shop, grabbed the basket and ran away.

Officers have shared a CCTV image of a man they would like to identify following the incident.

Police Community Support Investigator Adam Cleaver, of Dorset Police, said: “As part of my investigation, I am now in a position to release a CCTV image of a man I would like to identify.

“I would urge anyone who recognises him to please contact us.”

Anyone with information is asked to contact Dorset Police at www.dorset.police.uk/contact or by calling 101, quoting occurrence number 55220150147.