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Officers from West Yorkshire Police's Homicide and Major Enquiry Team issued a warning to the public not to approach David Newton, 55, from Knottingley, West Yorkshire, who could be in Cornwall.

They want to speak to him in relation to two attacks on women - one a 52-year-old who was walking on Ilkley Moor in June 2006, and the other a 16-year-old girl on parkland in Halton, Leeds in July 1997.

A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said: "New evidence has very recently come into the inquiry which has prompted this appeal to trace David Newton."

He is 5ft 6ins tall, medium build with a beer belly, a ruddy complexion, with a round face, no top teeth and a dark brown mole on the left side of his face near his sideburn.

He is believed to be driving a metallic powder blue Land Rover Freelander, registration NA51 VYM, and was spotted on the M5 heading towards Cornwall on Friday.

Police said he could be anywhere in the country. He is known to have links to the St Ives and Helston areas of Cornwall.

Detective Superintendent Chris Thompson said: "We are urgently appealing to the public to contact us with any information that will help us trace David Newton's current whereabouts.

"It is vitally important that we locate him and speak to him as soon as possible. We would advise anyone who sees him not to approach him but to contact the police immediately on 999."

Anyone who has seen a man fitting David Newton's description or his vehicle at any time since Friday morning is asked to contact West Yorkshire Police on 0845 6060606.