POLICE are a appealing for information after two sofas were pinched as they were being delivered to a flat.

Furniture was being delivered to a flat in Sutton Road on Monday at about 7.45pm.

A brown and a green settee were left on the ground floor near the lifts in Chiltern flats.

When delivery staff returned to take them upstairs, the sofas had disappeared.

Anyone with information is can contact PC Rodriguez-Perez at Southend police station on 0300 333 4444.