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| F1 driver Jenson Button and wife burgled on holiday in France | F1 driver Jenson Button and wife burgled on holiday in France |
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| Formula 1 driver Jenson Button and his wife Jessica have been burgled while on holiday on the French Riviera. | Formula 1 driver Jenson Button and his wife Jessica have been burgled while on holiday on the French Riviera. |
| Two men, who stole jewellery including Jessica's engagement ring, may have pumped anaesthetic gas through the air conditioning before breaking in on Monday, Button's spokesman said. | |
| The couple were with friends in a rented villa in Saint-Tropez. | |
| The British former F1 champion's spokesman said they were unharmed but everyone was "unsurprisingly shaken". | |
| The Sun newspaper reported that valuables worth £300,000 were stolen. | The Sun newspaper reported that valuables worth £300,000 were stolen. |
| The couple married in December. | |
| Button's spokesman said: "Two men broke into the property whilst they all slept and stole a number of items of jewellery including, most upsettingly, Jessica's engagement ring. | Button's spokesman said: "Two men broke into the property whilst they all slept and stole a number of items of jewellery including, most upsettingly, Jessica's engagement ring. |
| "The police have indicated that this has become a growing problem in the region with perpetrators going so far as to gas their proposed victims through the air conditioning units before breaking in." | "The police have indicated that this has become a growing problem in the region with perpetrators going so far as to gas their proposed victims through the air conditioning units before breaking in." |
| Button, 35, who drives for team McLaren, is based in Monaco, about 80 miles (130km) along the coast from Saint-Tropez. He won the F1 championship in 2009 driving for Brawn GP and finished in eighth place in 2014. | Button, 35, who drives for team McLaren, is based in Monaco, about 80 miles (130km) along the coast from Saint-Tropez. He won the F1 championship in 2009 driving for Brawn GP and finished in eighth place in 2014. |
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