Thug hit barista in face after demanding smoke

A thug who hit a Caffe Nero barista in the face and threatened to stab him when he refused to give him a cigarette is facing jail. Benjamin Kelly, 31, approached Gabriel Morelli asking for a smoke outside the Bloomsbury branch of the cafe chain on 29 February. When Mr Morelli said he had none to share Kelly left him with a scar across his eye after slapping him twice in the face and threatening to stab him. He followed…