POLICE are concerned for Gloucester teenager Jack Parfitt who has been missing for nine days.

The 13-year-old lives in Bittern Avenue, Abbeydale and was last seen at 10.30am on Saturday, June 20.

Jack left the house to play with a friend and he said he was going to the Balancing Pond in Coney Hill.

Jack had about £2.50 to buy some chips.

The friend returned home in the afternoon but Jack did not.

Jack is 5'2" tall, of stocky build, with blue eyes and blond hair.

He was wearing grey tracksuit bottoms, a blue tracksuit top and black trainers.

He has family and friends in Swindon and it's possible he may have travelled there.

Police would like to hear from anyone who has seen Jack or knows of his whereabouts to please call 101 quoting incident number 314 of 20th June 2015.