A RENEWED appeal has been issued by West Mercia Police to help them track down a wanted man from Redditch.

Dylan Robert Kirk, aged 18, is wanted in connection with a kidnap and assault on a 16-year-old boy.

The victim sustained minor injuries during an incident on Wednesday, February 18.

Kirk is thought to be in Redditch and has links to the Churchill area.

Police searched areas in the Tything, Castle Street, Croft Road and City Walls Road areas of Worcester on Thursday evening (February 19) but failed to find Kirk.

A £500 reward for information which leads to him being found has been released by police.

Details can be given by calling police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

* Two men have been charged in connection with the incident.

Jordan Fisher, aged 19, of Blackstitch Lane in Redditch, has been charged with kidnap and assault (Actual Bodily Harm).

He appeared at Worcester Magistrates' Court for a remand hearing on Saturday (February 21).

Marc Hounslow, aged 28, of Cedar Road in Redditch, has been charged with the same offences and appeared at Redditch Magistrates' Court for a remand hearing today (Tuesday, February 24).