Police are hunting a man who stole a car with a six-year-old girl in the backseat.

Police say the girl has been found safe and well at around 9pm in the Leyton area.

The girl's father met the unknown man in the Leyton High Road area of east London at around 6.30pm on Tuesday with a view to selling his car.

But the man jumped into the car and drove off with the seller's daughter, Beatrice Felicia, still sitting in the back.

The man who took the car is described as Asian, aged in his 30s, with short dark hair and a dark beard.

He was wearing a dark jacket with white fur lining on the hood and green Nike TN trainers.

Detectives from Waltham Forest police are leading the investigation.

They say they have made no arrests.