Ex-Radio 1 DJ Nick Grimshaw and his 81-year-old mother are sedated by criminal gang who broke into their Ibiza villa in hazmat suits after pumping gas inside

Nick Grimshaw and his 81-year-old mother were sedated by a criminal gang in Ibiza and terrorised in his villa.

The gang, who has been secretly pumping sedative gas into celebrities’ villas since last year, chose Grimshaw and his family as their latest victims.

Grimmy, who shot to fame on Radio 1 12 years ago jetted out to Ibiza to celebrate his 40th birthday this month, the presenter was on the Balearic Island with his immediate family and his 81-year-old mother Eileen.

Despite it not being a big party, the gang broke in wearing hazmat suits, waiting for the guests to be sedated and then turned the villa over.

No one is said to have been hurt – with the gang only doing it for fun.

Nick Grimshaw and his 81-year-old mother Eileen were sedated by a criminal gang in Ibiza and terrorised in his villa (Pictured in London in February 2017)

He jetted out to Ibiza to celebrate his 40th birthday this month. Grimmy was pictured on the Spanish island last week carrying a half-eaten ice cream 

The gang broke in wearing hazmat suits, waiting for the guests to be sedated and then turned the villa over (Grimshaw pictured enjoying a night out with friends in Ibiza last week) 

A source told The Sun the gang would have had no idea who Grimshaw was but the villa was on a target list as it was known to be ‘used by high net worth clients’. 

‘Sadly it’s a case of the wrong place at the wrong time but it’s scary to say the least,’ they said.

‘Nick was obviously upset but thought best to keep things off social media.’

Grimshaw was last week pictured in Ibiza enjoying a night out with his niece Liv and fiance Mesh Henry where they ate ice creams. 

The former Radio 1 host stars alongside Liv on Celebrity Gogglebox with his niece an assistant in merchandise for online fashion brand PrettyLittleThing.  

In July, Grimshaw posted a slew of snaps from his trip, showing him partying and posing with friends.

He captioned the post: ‘If football’s coming home maybe no one will notice if I just….. stay here.’

Grimshaw became a household name in 2012 when he replaced the long-standing Chris Moyles as host of Radio 1 Breakfast show.

He went on to star on the X Factor in 2015 where he took over from Louis Walsh as a judge however his tenure only lasted one series.

The star also he has appeared on Celebrity Gogglebox alongside his niece Liv, as well as the Stand Up to Cancer specials and in 2021 he appeared as a contestant on The Great British Bake Off For Stand Up To Cancer.

Grimshaw is not the first celebrity to have been gassed by gangs with Richard Hammond and Jenson Button revealing their ordeals in the past. 

However, medical experts in 2015 cast doubts over claims that Button and his wife Jessica were gassed as they slept during a raid on their French villa.

Grimshaw pictured with his niece Liv, who he stars alongside on Celeb Gogglebox, and his fiance Mesh Henry during a night out in Ibiza last week

In July, Grimshaw posted a slew of snaps from his trip, showing him partying and posing with friends

The pair were with friends in St Tropez when thieves broke in and stole valuables worth £300,000 including Mrs Button’s engagement ring, believed to be worth £250,000.

It was claimed the Formula One driver, 35, and his wife may have been knocked out by gas pumped into the house through air conditioning units. 

A source close to Button said the Grand Prix star was ‘convinced’ that’s what happened. 

They added that Button and his friends weren’t disturbed during the raid as the effects of the gas gave the burglars ‘free rein’.

However, Liam Brennan, vice president of the Royal College of Anaesthetists, poured scorn on the idea.

In the past year the RCA has issued statements claiming stories of tourists being gassed in their caravans and motor-homes were a myth.

Dr Brennan said in 2015: ‘I cannot think of any agent that could be used in this way that could be delivered in an effective concentration into a large environment to produce the effect desired.’ 

Former Top Gear host Hammond and his wife Mindy were gassed before they were burgled as they slept in their St Tropez villa in 2018. 

Hammond, Mindy, and 15 other guests were targeted by raiders who used anesthetic gas to knock them out before rifling through rooms for cash and jewellery.

She revealed that she almost walked in on the burglars after hearing a noise in the hallway – but instead turned away after assuming it was another couple in the villa.

Mindy told the Express at the time: ‘That just makes my blood run cold. I could have easily walked in and it could have been unpleasant.’ 

Grimshaw announced his ‘surprise’ engagement long-term boyfriend Meshach Henry in 2022. 

The former Radio 1 star revealed that year that Henry, who was snapped sharing a kiss with Grimshaw in Ibiza last week, had been trying to pop the question for a month but had been put off by the star’s mood swings.