POLICE have appealed to the public to help find a missing serial paedophile who has links to Huddersfield.

Jason Trask, 63, has been convicted of a string of serious sexual abuse offences against children in the UK and Holland during the past four decades.

Trask, who is British, has been missing since he returned to this country from the Netherlands at the beginning of March and is considered a high-risk offender who poses a danger to children, said officers from the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop).

He is white, 5ft 9in and of thin build, with blue eyes, thinning hair and he may wear glasses, police said. He has a scar in the middle of his neck from a tracheotomy.

Trask is believed to be in the South of England, but may have travelled further as he has links to Bradford and Huddersfield; Greenwich and Woolwich in south east London; and Canterbury, Medway and Maidstone in Kent.

Police want to find him for breaching the notification requirements of the sex offender register.

Ceop chief executive Peter Davies said: "We have had massive success with the Most Wanted site since it was launched in 2006 and it is highly likely that, once again, someone at some stage will recognise Jason Trask now his details are out there.

"If you do see him or know of his whereabouts, then please contact Crimestoppers using the Ceop Most Wanted website.

"I would like to take this opportunity to again encourage people to register on the Most Wanted website via www.ceop.police.uk/wanted, to look at the details of Jason Trask and those of other individuals who are still missing, to see what they can do to bring those offenders to justice."