An illegal immigrant who stole a suitcase carrying £250,000 worth of luxury items and jewellery from Jenson Button's wife Brittny has been jailed for two years and four months.
Algerian Mourad Aid, 41, swiped Mrs Button's Goyard carry-on, filled with jewellery from her wedding and heirlooms she wanted to pass onto her daughter, on February 13 as they returned from a Valentine's getaway in Paris.
Alongside bracelets and rings of hugely sentimental value, the case contained two Kelly bags worth around £70,000. None of these items have been recovered.
The criminal - who lingered in the UK after his visa expired - fled with the suitcase while the Formula One driver had his back turned as he helped a chauffeur load a vehicle outside St Pancras International Station in London.
Aid pleaded guilty to theft at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 19 February, days after the incident.
