Two more suspects charged over Louvre heist

TWO more suspects, a man and a woman arrested this week over the jewel heist at the Louvre, were on Saturday charged and remanded in custody, prosecutors said.

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That brings to four the number of people now charged over the spectacular robbery.

The latest to be charged, a 38-yearold woman and a 37-year-old man were arrested last week Wednesday along with three other individuals, Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said. The other three have now been released without charge.

The woman was in tears as she appeared at a Paris court, saying she feared for her children and for herself, an AFP reported witnessed.

She has been charged with complicity in organised theft and criminal conspiracy with a view to preparing a crime.

The magistrate justified the detention of the woman, who lives in the French capital's northern suburb of La Courneuve, on the grounds of a "risk of collusion" and "disturbance of public order".

The man was charged with organised theft and criminal conspiracy with a view to preparing a crime, the Paris prosecutor said.

The individual was known to the judicial authorities for previous theft offences, she said.