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Kim Kardashian will contiguous face the suspected 'grandpa gang' of Paris robbers who allegedly held her astatine gunpoint earlier stealing $10 cardinal worthy of her jewellery wrong a luxury edifice successful the French capital.
Kardashian, the American businesswoman and reality TV star, was tied-up, gagged and locked successful a bath erstwhile she was targeted by thieves successful 2016 portion visiting Paris Fashion Week.
Speaking to media successful Paris earlier her expected tribunal quality today, her lawyers said: 'She is committed to attending successful idiosyncratic the proceedings and to confronting those who attacked her.'
A proceedings involving a notorious pack of criminals, dubbed the 'grandpa gang' arsenic astir are present successful their 60s and 70s, accused of carrying retired the terrifying robbery opened past month.
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How overmuch jewellery was stolen successful 'heist of the century'?
Kardashian pictured wearing her engagement ringing successful Paris days earlier raid
Masked men walked distant with millions of dollars' worthy of jewels successful what was described by the French media arsenic the 'heist of the century'.
At the centrepiece was an 18.8-carat diamond ringing fixed to Kardashian by her then-husband, rapper Kanye West. The jewel was valued astatine 3.5 cardinal euros ($3.9 million).
Alongside the ring, a yellowish golden Rolex Cosmograph Daytona, 7 Cartier and Hermès bracelets, and 3 gold-and-diamond grills were besides taken.
The full estimated worth of the raid was estimated astatine astir $10 million.
One of the robbers, Pierre 'Big Pierrot' Bouianere, 72, is believed to person dropped 1 platinum transverse adorned with diamonds that was recovered the adjacent morning.
The point was the lone portion returned to Kardashian aft it was handed successful astatine a adjacent constabulary station.
The 49-minute raid which near Kim Kardashian bound and gagged 'like a sausage'
Kim Kardiashan with her past hubby Kanye West successful 2015
Today's proceedings dates backmost to the audacious aboriginal hours raid successful October 2016 during Paris Fashion Week erstwhile Kim Kardashian was astatine the tallness of personage and joined to rap superstar Kanye West.
Ms Kardashian, past 35, was unsocial successful the penthouse flat of her £13,500-a-night hotel, dozing connected the furniture successful a silk nighttime gown, erstwhile 2 men disguised arsenic policemen burst into the country and enactment a weapon to her head.
The personage was bound and gagged, 'like a sausage' and dumped successful the bath of her ensuite bath portion robbers spent 49 minutes snatching millions of pounds worthy of gems and watches including her 18.88 carat diamond engagement ring.
As they fled, 1 robber dropped a platinum transverse adorned with diamonds that was recovered the adjacent morning.
Visibly traumatised Kim Kardashian fled the state by backstage pitchy aft giving a little connection to French detectives and was consoled by hubby Kanye West who halted a concert, telling fans helium had a 'family emergency'.
Ms Kardashian has been denied justness for years, with delays connected bringing the lawsuit to tribunal blamed connected the precedence of high-profile violent trials.
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Mail podcast examines courtroom revelations successful robbery trial
The proceedings is being heard astatine the Palais de Justice
A caller podcast has launched, portion of the Mail's award-winning 'The Trial' series, which looks astatine the aged masterminds who basal accused of enacting the 2016 robbery of Kim Kardashian successful her Paris edifice room.
Hosted by the Mail's acclaimed transgression analogous Caroline Cheetham and newsman successful Paris Nick Fagge, the archetypal occurrence of this caller bid lays the groundwork for the long-awaited proceedings of 10 suspects, dubbed the 'grandpa gang' by French media.
Listen to afloat episodes present of The Trial: Kim Kardashian Heist arsenic Cheetham and Fagge stock each the revelations astir the pack from the trial.
When volition Kim Kardashian springiness evidence?
We're expecting Kim Kardashian to attest successful Paris astatine astir 2pm section clip (1pm UK time).
Before she gives evidence, we're expecting to perceive from her stylist Simone Harouche.
Harouche, a person of Kardashian who has known her since she was 11, was staying successful Paris astatine the clip of the raid but connected a antithetic floor.
She is said to person locked herself successful a bath and called Kardashian’s bodyguard Pascal Duvier, who was astatine a nightclub with Kim's sisters Kourtney and Kendall.
Kim Kardashian to face 'grandpa gang' suspects accused of robbing her successful Paris
Hello and invited to MailOnline's unrecorded sum arsenic Kim Kardashian testifies successful a Paris tribunal against the suspected thieves who allegedly targeted her successful a terrifying jewellery heist successful the French capital.
Nine years ago, Kardashian was tied-up, gagged and locked successful a bath wrong a luxury edifice by a radical of thieves who had disguised themselves arsenic constabulary officers.
She was allegedly targeted by criminals aft showing disconnected her jewellery connected societal media.
The American businesswoman and world TV prima aboriginal fled the state by backstage pitchy aft speaking to French detectives.
In erstwhile years, she has told however the raid near her acrophobic to beryllium unsocial and that she thought she would beryllium killed by the robbers, but much precocious that she is acceptable to look her assailants.
Stick with america arsenic we bring you the latest from Kardashian's quality successful the courtroom with Nick Fagge reporting from the Paris transgression tribunal and Jamie Bullen successful London.
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