Hunt for missing sex offender

Laura Achenbach

POLICE are appealing for help to trace a missing sex offender who has links to Oldham.

Laura Achenbach (44), last known to be living in Thornton Cleveleys near Blackpool, is wanted for not informing police of her current address.

She was sentenced to nine months in prison in 2009 after being convicted in Kingston Upon Thames of having sexual activity with a boy under 16 and was put on the Sex Offenders’ Register for 10 years.

She is white, 5ft 5in, frequently wears baseball caps and has dark hair greying at the sides.

Officers believe she could be with a man called Craig Wall (39), white, around 5ft 5in, slim and with short dark brown hair.

Anyone with information should contact police on 101 or call Crimestoppers on 0800-555 111.