Police have released a CCTV image of a man accused of pouring lighter fluid through a letterbox.

Suspect 162873 is wanted for causing fear or provocation of violence at the Burrell Towers block of flats in Albany Road, Leyton.

On October 17 at 9.45pm, the man rang the communal door bell to be let into the building but was refused entry by a woman who said she did not know him.

Minutes later, the man started banging on the front door of the flat and shouted at the woman about not being let in.

He then squirted a liquid, believed to be lighter fluid, through the letterbox and then left.

The CCTV has been passed to the Guardian as part of a joint venture with the Metropolitan Police to identify potential perpetrators of unsolved crimes in the borough.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Waltham Forest police on 101 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.