Metropolitan police appeal for help to recover 280-year-old violin worth £150,000

Police release CCTV images of suspect in hunt for instrument allegedly stolen from a north London pub in February

Police are appealing for help to recover a missing 285-year-old violin after it was allegedly stolen from a London pub.

Detectives have been trying to find the instrument since 18 February, when the violin, valued at more than 150,000, went missing from the Marquess Tavern on Canonbury Street. The victim reported the theft to the Metropolitan police that evening.