Six of the eight accused of the spectacular robbery of jewelry to Kim Kardashian in 2016 in Paris were convicted to different prison sentences, up to three years in cashalthough none of them will enter the jail again.
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.
An image of Kim Kardashian testifying in the court of Paris. (Photo: Reuters/Zziigg/File Photo)
“The penalties are little severe, at a distance of the serious events that affected the defendants (…) you caused damage, fear and trauma,” said the magistrate, which, however, recognized the good behavior they had after theft and his “state of health” that “by ethics advise the prison” that would have been “unfair” for them.
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Aomar Aït Khedacheconsidered the main architect of the operation and that 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 seriously ill (is deaf and almost silent), will not return to jailas his lawyer had requested.
Aomar Aït Khedache, one of the men accused of the robbery by armed hand against Kim Kardashian in 2016. (Photo: AP/Aurelien Morissard)
Yunice Abbas, 71, author of a book entitled ‘I kidnapped 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 Marc-Alexandre Boyer, the court issued a Seven years, five without compliance, and 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 jailfour of them exempt from compliance.
The Court sentenced four years in prison to Christiane Glotin, Khedache ex -partner, accused of complicity And for whom the Prosecutor’s Office asked for six years of imprisonment, already three years, also without compliance, François Deport and Marc Boyer.
Kim Kardashian greets his arrival to declare millions of dollars in jewels of his hotel room in Paris in 2016, in Paris, on Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)
Finally, the Court acquitted Florus Heroui and Gary Madar, this last brother of the driver of Kim Kardashianthe two men to whom the prosecution considered as those who gave the information of the victim’s movements.
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.
He also pointed to his satisfaction Kardashian herselfas indicated through a statement that his lawyers read to the door of 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 Paris Fashion Week.
Kim Kardashian does not lose his style or leaving courts. (Photo: Reuters/Piroschka Van de Wouw)
In his testimony of last 13, with some sobs for revived tension, Kardashian said that, when he was pointed to the head with a gun, I was sure they were going to rape her and then kill.
The social networks star, with 356 million followers on Instagram, explained that he suffered a deep trauma and since then needs the presence of several private guards to be able to sleep quietly. However, he accepted the request for forgiveness of Khedache.
Kim Kardashian’s jewels
The assailants took jewels valued in some 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.
Except a necklace lost by thieves in the street in their hurried escape, None of the jewels was recovered and researchers believe they were sold in the black market in Belgium to be disassembled and molten.
The defendants were arrested in January 2017 and after spending the legal time of preventive detention they were released under judicial control.
The French press baptized them colloquially as the “grandfather thieves”, since almost everyone already They exceed or around 70 years, with many ailments or diseases.
In fact, another of the defendants died before starting the trial and one was exempted from the trial because Alzheimer’s in advanced phase suffers.
In spite of this, prosecutor Anne Dominique Merville last Wednesday asked the court not to be impressed by the “wrinkles” of the accused, referring to the fact that many of them have a long criminal history and many years in prison behind them.
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