# Jenson Button’s wife urges tougher UK response to illegal entry after theft

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/jenson-buttons-wife-demands-uk-get-tougher-on-illegal-migrants-as-algerian-criminal-who-swiped-her-suitcase-with-250000-of-jewellery-faces-deportation/
- Published: 2026-11-12T00:32:38+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T00:47:42+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16281763/Algerian-criminal-Jenson-Buttons-wife-suitcase-jewellery-freed.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: UK, World

## Key points

- Brittny Ward called for tougher rules on illegal migration.
- The stolen suitcase contained jewellery worth about £250,000.
- Mourad Aid was released after serving around 17 months.

## Summary

Brittny Ward, wife of former Formula One driver Jenson Button, has urged UK politicians to take a tougher approach to people entering the country illegally after the man who stole her suitcase was released from prison. She said she hoped the Algerian offender had been deported and would not return, while also expressing hope that he would change his behaviour.

Mourad Aid stole Ward’s suitcase outside St Pancras Station in February 2025 as the couple were preparing to travel to Paris. It contained jewellery valued at about £250,000, including two Kelly bags worth around £70,000; none of the property has been recovered. Aid was sentenced to two years and four months after pleading guilty to theft and handling stolen goods, but was released after about one year and five months; he had been told he would be deported automatically.

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