'Grandpa robbers' accused of elaborate Kim Kardashian jewel heist to face trial in Paris

A group of pensioners nicknamed the "grandpa robbers" will go on trial in Paris next week charged with stealing jewellery worth millions of euros from the US TV reality star Kim Kardashian when she attended Paris fashion week in 2016.

- Angelique Chrisafisin

In what was considered the biggest robbery of an individual in France in 20 years, Kardashian was tied up and held at gunpoint in her bedroom in central Paris by armed thieves dressed as police officers in the early hours of 3 October 2016. The thieves escaped with up to an estimated €10m (£8.6m) in jewellery.

At the time of the robbery Kardashian was without security protection and alone in her bedroom at an exclusive apartment building in central Paris, known as a "no address" site, where celebrities visiting the French capital often rent sumptuous suites.

Her bodyguard had accompanied her sister and fellow reality TV star Kourtney Kardashian to a Paris nightclub after the sisters had spent the day at Paris fashion shows.

Kardashian, 44, a billionaire influencer and business owner, told the TV interviewer David Letterman she had feared she would be raped and murdered during the heist.