Two teenagers who found and cared for a 90-year man with dementia who had gone missing from his care home have been commended by police for their "outstanding act of kindness".

Hannah Wells and Maisie Clarke, both 17, spotted the man while walking home from a friend's house in Coventry after midnight, West Midlands police said.

The pair offered the distressed man a coat to keep him warm and called the police.

Hannah, a student at Warwickshire College, said: "We saw someone standing by the road and we were initially apprehensive, given the time of the day and the fact it was dark.

"But as we went to walk past we saw it was a frail man who said 'I need your help, I am lost'. He was cold so I gave him a coat to keep warm and we tried to put him at ease."

Maisie added: "We were concerned he was going to try and cross the road and could get hurt, so there was no way we were going to leave him. We are just pleased he was able to go back home safely."

Officers identified the man and returned him safely to his care home.

Chief Superintendent Danny Long, from Coventry Police, said: "It would have been easy to simply walk on by and forget all about it, but the girls realised the man was in distress and were determined to help out. They should be immensely proud of their actions."