POLICE want to speak to this man in connection with an assault at WH Smiths in Southend.

Officers are appealing for help in identifying a man pictured on CCTV following an incident in WH Smith, High Street in which a sales assistant was spat at.

The sales assistant, in his 20s, was spat at by a man at about 5.40pm on November 23.

Anyone who can identify the man pictured is asked to contact Pc Ann Bush at Southend police station on 101.