Police have named a man they urgently want to trace over a burglary in Leeds where an elderly vulnerable victim was targeted for the second time in two months.

Officers want to speak to 24-year-old Slovakian national Tomas Mizikar in connection with an incident at 88-year-old veteran Dennis Birch's home in Harehills on August 27.

A West Yorkshire Police statement said: "At 6.35pm that day, the victim was asleep in his wheelchair with the front door open due to the warm weather when the property was entered and searched and cash stolen from a wallet.

"When the victim woke up a suspect engaged him in conversation at the front door before being disturbed by passers-by and leaving the scene.

"Tomas Mizikar has been linked to the offence as a result of enquiries and officers are keen to establish his current whereabouts.

"He has previously used the name David and has links to the Harehills area and to Slovakia."

The second burglary comes just weeks after Mr Birch watched as a man entered his home in July and stole money.

West Yorkshire Police said: "The same victim was targeted in similar circumstances on July 10 [seen here] in what is being treated as a separate offence."

In this earlier incident, security cameras capture the moment the brazen thief enters the home of Birch, who was sitting in his wheelchair watching television at his home when the robber entered the property.

Footage shows the man attempt to speak in a friendly manner to Mr Birch in broken English, while clearly scoping the surrounding area for items of value.

While distracting Mr Birch, the thief picks up his wallet from the counter, quickly rifles through it and walks off with a five-pound note.

The theft happened so quickly that Mr Birch didn't even realise he'd been robbed, according to his stepson, Paul Daley.

The family only suspected something had happened when his carer called to say he'd seen the live video of an unknown man entering the property.

Birch's family then went over to his house to view the footage.

Enquiries are still ongoing to identify the suspect shown in the CCTV images for that offence.

My dad is ex-Forces, he's 88 years old and wheelchair-bound. On the 10-07-2019 at apx 1600hrs this person entered my dad's house without consent. He spoke a different language and was constantly moving about and casing up the joint. He spots my dad's wallet which is between the microwave and his thermos cup of tea. He starts to move these items so he can grab the wallet. As he grabs the wallet he blocks my dad's vision with his arm. He then turns around, opens the wallet , takes my dad's cash and leaves.