POLICE are appealing for a dog walker who may have witnessed an attempted burglary near Worcester to come forward.

It happened in Hurst Lane, Hindlip, at around 12pm on Monday, October 14.

A window was forced, which caused the alarm to sound and the offender to flee.

Police want to trace a dog walker who was walking his greyhounds along the road at the time of the alarm going off, or anyone else who saw or heard anything suspicious.

Although in a rural area and surrounded by fields, the house fronts on to a very busy section of road , where there were tailbacks due to roadworks on the day of the offence.

Witnesses or anyone with information are asked to contact Detective Constable Ian Wright on the non-emergency number 101 quoting incident 227-s-141013, or ring the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.