Six of the eight defendants for the Kim Kardashian jewelry robbery in 2016 in Paris They were sentenced this Friday to different prison sentences, up to three years in effective jail, although none of them will return to jail.
The Criminal Court of Paris decided penalties lower than those requested by the Prosecutor’s Office, which had requested between six and ten years, an indulgence that the President of the Court justified by the advanced age of the convicted.
“The penalties are little severe, at a distance of the serious events that affected the defendants (…) You caused harm, fear and trauma“said the magistrate, who nevertheless recognized the good behavior they had after the theft and their” state of health “that” ethics advise against jail “that would have been” unfair “for them.
Kim Kardashian in Met Gala 2022. Photo:Kambouris dimitrios. AFP
Aomar Aït Khedache, considered the main architect of the operation and confessed the facts, was sentenced to eight years, of them three troops, but their grief joins another precedent.
This means that this man, 69 and with a long criminal history but severely ill (is deaf and almost silent), will not return to jail, as his lawyer had requested.
Yunice Abbas, 71, author of a book entitled ‘I kidnap Kim Kardashian’, was sentenced to seven years in jailfive exempt of compliance, but will not enter between bars.
As for the other two accused of having directly participated in the robbery, Didier Dubreucq and Mar-Alexandre Boyer, the court issued a seven-year penalty, five without compliance, and they will not have to enter prison.
These four defendants were the ones who had received the 10 -year request from the Prosecutor’s Office. Harminy Aït Khedache, son of the brain of the operation and accused of having been the driver of the command carried out by the robbery, was sentenced to five years in jail, four of them exempt from compliance.
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The Court sentenced Christotin, ex -partner of Khedache to four years in prison, accused of complicity and for whom the Prosecutor’s Office requested six years of seclusion, already three years, also without compliance, François Delaport and Marc Boyer.
Finally, The Court acquitted Florus Heroui and Gary Madar, the latter brother of the Kim Kardashian driverthe two men to whom the prosecution considered as those who gave the information of the victim’s movements.
Yunice Abbas and his lawyer, Gabriel Dumenil, leave the trial against Kim Kardashian. Photo:EFE
Kardashian, satisfied with the verdict
Several lawyers pointed out when they left the audience room their satisfaction for the result of the process, which began last April 28.
Kardashian himself also pointed out his satisfaction, as indicated through a statement that his lawyers read to the court.
“I am deeply grateful to the French authorities for having done justice in this case. This crime has been the most terrifying experience of my life, “he said, before saying that after the verdict he wants to” turn page. “
The assault occurred in the early hours of October 3, 2016, when Two masked men entered with the concierge of the small luxury hotel where he was staying During Paris Fashion Week.
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In his testimony of last day, with some sobs for the revive tension, Kardashian said that, when he was pointed to the head with a gun, he was sure they were going to rape her and then kill.
The star of social networks, with 356 million followers on Instagram, explained that he suffered a deep trauma and that since then he needs the presence of several private guards to be able to sleep quietly. However, he accepted the request for forgiveness of Khedache.
The assailants took jewels valued at about 10 million dollarsamong them the wedding ring that rapper Kanye West had given to Kim Kardashian, a piece with a 19 carat diamond and valued at about four million dollars.
None of the jewels were recovered, researchers believe they were sold in the black market. Photo:Jean-Baptiste Lacroix. AFP
Except a necklace lost by thieves in the middle of the street in their hurried escape, none of the jewels was recovered and the researchers believe they were sold in the black market in Belgium to be dismantled and cast.
The defendants were arrested in January 2017 and after spending the legal time of preventive detention were released under judicial control.
The French press baptized them colloquially as the “Yayoladrones”, since almost everyone already exceed or around 70 years, with many ailments or diseases.
In fact, Another of the defendants died before starting the trial and one more was exempted from the trial because Alzheimer suffers in an advanced phase.
Despite this, prosecutor Anne Dominique Merville requested the court last Wednesday to be impressed by the “wrinkles” of the defendants, referring to the fact that many of them have a long criminal history and many years in prison behind them.
