Click here for a Polish translation of yesterday's story in PDF format.

POLISH community leaders have urged people to help police trace a man in connection with a brutal murder.

They say it is vital that information concerning the whereabouts of a man detectives want to speak to about the death of Hampshire grandmother Georgina Edmonds is passed on to police.

Although not a suspect, officers leading the inquiry said they were looking for the man, who it is believed may have left the country and returned to his native Poland.

As reported in yesterday's Daily Echo, ports and airports have been put on alert after the police raided the address where the man, who has not been identified, had been living.

Forensic officers scoured the semi-detached rented property in Twyford Road, Eastleigh, where it is thought he had lived for a couple of months with three other men.

Items were taken away following the raid on Friday night, but officers were remaining tight-lipped about what was removed.

Today leaders of the Polish community in Southampton and Eastleigh said they would do what they could to encourage people to come forward with information.

Barbara Storey, who runs the SOS Polonia drop-in centre in Southampton, said: "We need to work together to help the police find this person. We must do whatever we can in this case to help clarify the situation."

A display appealing for information has been set up at the Polish centre in Southampton, which includes a copy of the latest Daily Echo story translated into Polish.

Mrs Storey said anyone who thought they could help but who may have reservations about coming forward to police could come to the centre in Brunswick Place.

She said: "It may be the case that some Polish people are frightened of going to the police because of the language barrier or other reasons. If that is the case they can come into the centre and speak to us here and we can help with any issues they may have. What is important is that people do come forward if they can help."

Police stressed that tracing the man was one of a number of lines of inquiry and they are still appealing for any members of the public to come forward with any information following the discovery of Georgina Edmonds, 77, who was beaten to death at her Brambridge home on January 12.

Anyone with information can contact the incident room at Hulse Road, quoting Operation Columbian on 0845 045 4545. Alternatively information can be given anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.