Thief who stole from Jenson Button’s wife jailed – Richard Sedgwick prosecuted for the Crown
A thief who stole a suitcase containing nearly £400,000 worth of jewellery and luxury items from Formula One driver Jenson Button’s wife has been jailed for two years and four months. Algerian national Mourad Aid, 41, was caught on CCTV in February after taking Brittny Button-Ward’s suitcase as her husband helped load their luggage into a car outside St Pancras station in February. Mourad Aid was already on police bail not to enter the station, been arrested for being in possession of a recently stolen suitcase that had been taken in the same way. The court heard that he was part of a group that targeted affluent travellers at one of London’s busiest stations.
Aid was sentenced to three years in prison on 30th May 2025 after pleading guilty to the theft. The 41-year-old, of Greatorex Street in Tower Hamlets, was also found to have been living in Britain illegally and will be deported after serving his sentence. The couple had been stopping in London on their way back from a Valentine’s Day getaway to Paris, and the stolen items – including heirlooms Ms Button-Ward had wanted to pass on to her children – have not been recovered.
