I thought I was going to die

Kim Kardashian tells court of her terror when she was robbed

- CHRISTOPHER BUCKTIN

REALITY TV star Kim Kardashian said a silent prayer as she thought robbers were going to rape and kill her during a jewellery heist, a court has heard.

The gang zip-tied her hands, taped her mouth, dragged her around her hotel suite and pointed a gun at her temple.

Giving evidence in the trial of nine men and a woman over the theft of £7million of jewellery in Paris, Ms Kardashian said: "I was certain he was going to rape me. I absolutely did think I was going to die." The suspects, mostly in their 60s and 70s, have been dubbed the Grandpa Robbers.

The court was told the attackers arrived at the hotel disguised as police and dragged the concierge upstairs in handcuffs.

Ms Kardashian, 44, said that when she heard footsteps on the stairs in the early hours she thought it was her sister Kourtney and a friend returning from a night out.