Two men jailed for 40 months over £30,000 Yves Saint Laurent raid
Ryan Brough, 32, and Max Tyson, 25, have each been jailed for 40 months after using a Toyota SUV to smash into Yves Saint Laurent on Old Bond Street and steal handbags worth about £30,000. The raid was one of five luxury goods burglaries between November 2025 and January 2026, in which goods worth a total of £561,000 were stolen.
The pair admitted two counts of conspiracy to burgle. Their other targets included Bottega Veneta, END Clothing and Loro Piana; the latter raid yielded goods worth just under £400,000. Three other men were sentenced for their roles: Oliver Ndayizeye received a suspended sentence, Sonny Stringer a suspended sentence, and Harry Johnson was jailed for 22 months.
In short
- Two men received 40-month jail sentences.
- Five raids netted £561,000 in luxury goods.
- The Old Bond Street handbag raid took about 100 seconds.
Explained simply
Old Bond Street is a shopping street in London known for luxury fashion shops. Yves Saint Laurent is a French fashion house whose handbags and other goods can be valuable, making them targets for theft.
The reported raids involved several luxury retailers in London, including Bottega Veneta, END Clothing and Loro Piana. The case involved five burglaries over a few months, with different people accused of taking part in or assisting with the crimes.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Ram raid pair jailed for smashing their way into West End’s Yves Saint Laurent before stealing £30,000 worth of luxury handbags in night heist”.