POLICE want to talk to this man about a spate of Huddersfield town centre mobile phone thefts.

Police are investigating four similar crimes where a man carrying papers or documents has approached people in the street, in a pub and at Cafe Nero at King Street and stolen their mobile phone.

The distraction thief uses the documents by either waving them in people’s faces while he pickpockets their bag or pockets.

His other technique has been to place the papers on top of the phone while it is on a table in order to swipe it undetected.

Huddersfield South Neighbourhood Policing Team has now released CCTV images from Cafe Nero, where two of the thefts have occurred.

They are appealing for anyone who recognises the man to contact the Huddersfield South NPT by dialling 101.