A 17-year-old boy has been missing from a Catford care home for more than five weeks.

Thien Minh Nguyen was last seen at 4pm on Tuesday, October 20 when he left the care home without telling anyone where he was going.

The teenager is Vietnamese and does not speak English.

He is 5ft 6ins tall, of slim build, and wore a bright yellow bomber jacket and grey jeans, when he was last seen.

There was a possible sighting of Thien, with another male, in East Croydon on Monday, October 26.

Anyone who may have seen him or knows of his whereabouts is asked to call Catford Missing Persons Unit on 101 quoting reference number 15MIS042734.