Thief faces jail for £400,000 watch theft

A thief has admitted robbing a high-profile Malaysian businessman of his Richard Mille watch worth up to £400,000. Djamel Benadda, 34, targeted CEO and philanthropist Vinod Sekhar in Battersea, southwest London, on 27 September. Mr Sekhar, described as a ‘close friend’ of Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, is the son of natural rubber tycoon B.C. Shekhar. Wearing a prison issue grey tracksuit, Benadda appeared at Kingston Crown Court via a prison videolink. He admitted robbing Mr Sekhar, two further counts…