Zak Marsden sought

Police in Brighton have offered a £500 reward for 32-year-old Zak Marsden who is wanted for failing to appear at court on an assault charge. He is also a suspect in a criminal damage case.

Marsden is wanted on a court warrant for failing to appear at Brighton Magistrates Court on 3 December, charged with assaulting a woman known to him at an address in the city. During January reports were received of windows at the address being deliberately smashed.

Marsden is white, 5"6', of large build, with blue eyes, a shaved head and a tattoo on his neck and he has links to the Brighton and Hastings areas.

During the search for Marsden, three people, two men both in their thirties, from Newhaven and Hove, and a woman aged 26 from Hastings, have been arrested on suspicion of aiding an offender. After being interviewed they have been released on police bail while enquiries continue.

"If you have information which you think could help us find him, please call 101 quoting 650 of 08/09.