Police are searching for a thug who kicked a girl of 12 before snatching her mobile phone.

The attack happened on the giant West Sands caravan park at Selsey, near Chichester.

The girl was walking in Nab Tower Lane, at 5.30pm on Saturday when a teenager who had been following her kicked her before grabbing the phone.

He is described as 19, 5ft 9in tall, slim, with short black hair. He was wearing blue shorts, white trainers and a black denim jacket.

The missing phone is a Nokia with a distinctive blue dolphin decoration on its front.

The police said the girl was bruised and frightened but otherwise unhurt.