POLICE are asking for the public's help in tracing a 25-year-old man who went missing from a hospital more than two weeks ago.

Brainy Peterson walked out of the grounds of Little Brook hospital in Dartford on March 1. He was last seen in Dartford town centre ahortly afterwards, but has not been seen since.

When he was last seen, Mr Peterson was wearing a dark-coloured coat, a black T-shirt, grey jeans and tan-coloured sandals.

He is known to have friends in Maidstone and Walthamstow.

PC Steve Mannerings of North Kent Police said: "Brainy is not considered to be dangerous to the public however he is vulnerable and if people do see him they should contact the police in the first instance and should not approach him."

Anyone who knows where Mr Peterson is is asked to contact police on 01474 565295.