Algerian boat migrants came to London to steal watches from cab passengers

Two Algerian small boat migrants grabbed two designer watches worth more than £40,000 from passengers getting out of black taxis, a court heard. Ayoub Harek, 23, and Txomin Huare Place (corr), 30, rode up to their two victims on Lime Bikes before making swift getaways on the electric cycles, it was said. The pair allegedly robbed Eric Yau of a £22,000 Patek Phillipe watch from Eric Yau as he exited a cab in Westminster on June 20. Three days later,…

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