A search is underway to find a missing woman who failed to turn up to a court hearing.

Police are looking for Correia Guida, 51, who is known to frequent the Bognor area.

Guida, originally from Portugal, is described as white with shoulder length brown hair.

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Police have also released an imagine of the Guida this afternoon.

Anyone who sees her is asked to dial 999 immediately, quoting crime reference 47220157669.