A MAN is appealing for help tracing his trailer after it was stolen from outside a home in Colchester.

Property landlord and decorator Terance Sage, from Dumont Avenue, Point Clear, had his Ifor Williams Tipper Trailer taken in Church Road.

Mr Sage was using the trailer, which cost more than £3,250, for building work at his son’s home.

Anyone with information about the incident, which happened on Monday between 9.30am and 5pm, should call the police on 101.