POLICE are trying to trace a sausage-throwing thief who stole Oxo cubes from a shop.

The man walked into Sisson’s Butchers, in George Street, in Pocklington between 3.30pm and 4pm on Monday, October 3, and took the bangers from a display cabinet while the owner was in the back of the store.

After throwing them on to the pavement outside, the man was confronted by the butcher and asked to leave. He then went to the nearby Co-op store and stole four packets of the stock cubes before walking towards Railway Street.

The thief is white, with a tanned complexion and a slim build, and is about 5ft 8ins tall. He had short black thinning hair and was wearing a lime green shirt, jeans and black shoes.

Anybody with any information about the crime should phone Humberside Police on 0845 6060 222 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.