A RENEWED police appeal has been issued to help catch a prolific offender on the run.

Shane Bundock, 36, who was last known to be living in Mill Lane, High Ongar, is suspected of committing a string of offences in the area.

He was convicted and sentenced in his absence at Ipswich Crown Court, for an affray committed in Millfield, High Ongar on December 28, 2003. A warrant was subsequently issued by the court for his arrest.

A warrant was also issued against Bundock for bail offences by Ipswich Crown Court on October 5, 2004 and by Chelmsford Crown Court on November 19, 2004 for a breach of a court order.

Bundock, a plasterer who sometimes claims to be 33, is also wanted for criminal damage at an address in Mill Lane in High Ongar where a double glazed window was broken in October 2004. A warrant for his arrest was issued for this offence on December 4, 2004.

He is described as white, 5ft 5ins tall, of proportionate build, with hazel eyes, a pierced left ear and a scar to the centre of his neck.

Anyone with information about Bundock’s whereabouts is asked to contact police in Epping on 0300 333 4444.