POLICE are appealing for help to find a teenager missing for almost a month.

Joseph Dereus, 17, was last seen by his mother in Chaddesden on January 7.

He is white, 5ft 10ins, with shoulder-length dark hair.

He was wearing a dark jacket, dark slim jeans, an unusual green and white Arabic-style scarf and was carrying a rucksack.

Anyone with information can call police on 101.

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