Online Reporter
PARIS. — Eight people behind the 2016 multimillion-dollar armed robbery of reality TV star Kim Kardashian in her rental apartment in Paris were found guilty Friday, with some sentenced to prison, after a week-long trial.
The alleged ringleader of the group — nicknamed the “Grandpa Robbers” for the advanced age of several of the accused — Aomar Aït Khedache was sentenced to eight years in prison, five of which were suspended.
Seven of his co-defendants were also found guilty of crimes including robbery in an organised gang, kidnapping, sequestration, acquisition and possession of weapons, assisting an armed gang, aggravated theft, and complicity in preparation of a criminal act.
Most of them also received prison sentences, portions of which were suspended, but all will walk free due to time already served.
Two other defendants were acquitted on charges of complicity, though one was ordered to pay 5,000 euros (US$5,682) to the civil parties in the trial, including Kardashian and the concierge of the rental apartment building.
