Manhunt for thief launched after £150,000 violin stolen from pub

CCTV footage released shows the suspect in the theft of the £150,000 violin from an Islington pub (Picture: Metropolitan Police)

A manhunt has been launched after a 285-year-old violin belonging to a member of the London Philharmonic Orchestra was stolen from a London pub.

Scotland Yard released CCTV footage to try to and identify a suspect in the alleged theft of the ‘priceless’ instrument from The Marquess Tavern on Canonbury Street, Islington.

Violinist David López Ibáñez...