BEHIND window number six on the Daily Echo's alternative festive countdown is the face of Eric Rippon.

Police are keen to trace Rippon, 50, who is wanted for a theft offence and is also being recalled to prison for allegedly breaching the conditions of his licence.

He is described as white, 5ft 7in, of medium build with grey hair; he has numerous tattoos on his arms.

Rippon is the latest suspect to be featured on the Daily Echo's Crack a Crime For Christmas calendar.

We have teamed up with Hampshire police to help find the county's most wanted and are calling on readers to help trace the people who each day will appear in a window.

The calendar can also be viewed online at www.dailyecho.co.uk.

If anyone has any information concerning his whereabouts they are asked not to approach him but to contact Southampton police immediately on 0845 045 4545.

Alternatively information can be reported to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.