Algerian asylum seeker stole bandsman’s clarinets

An Algerian asylum seeker stole two clarinets worth almost £7,000 from a member of the Coldstream Guards band while the musician was out drinking with friends, a court heard. Ali Tarafi, 26, swiped the instruments from Paul Smith at the Adam and Eve pub in Petty France, central London on 17 April 2024. Mr Smith went to the toilet and left two clarinets, musical mouthpieces and instrument stands in his back-pack on the pub floor. When he returned his bag…