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Trial of stolen Elysée Palace porcelain dinnerware opens in Paris
Three men, including one formerly in charge of the silverware at the French presidential palace, are on trial starting this Thursday, February 26, for stealing dozens of pieces of porcelain from the Élysée. The estimated value of the stolen items exceeds €350,000. FRANCE 24's Monte Francis reports.
The former silversmith Thomas M. and his companion organized the sale on Vinted and Facebook of stolen dishes at the presidential palace. The main buyer, passionate collector, bought nearly 80 cash items on the street.
Sentences of up to eight months in prison, to be purged under electronic bracelet, were required on Thursday against three men tried for the theft and concealment of a hundred pieces of dishes to the detriment of the Elysée Palace between 2023 and 2025. ...
A silversmith from the Presidency of the Republic, his spouse and a keeper of the Louvre appeared this Thursday before the Paris Correctional Court. They were prosecuted for stealing and concealing dozens of pieces of porcelain stolen from the Elysée. Back on this case, barely credible but very real. - "I exhibited them in my buffet": the ex-silver of the Elysée who stole porcelain is explained to the judges (Police, justice and various facts).
Three men appear before the Paris Correctional Court for the theft of pieces of dishes belonging to the Elysée. Prestigious objects, from the Sèvres factory, whose disappearance would have caused an estimated damage to several hundred thousand euros.
It's an unusual process, with the dishes of the Elysée that flowed online. Porcelain pieces used at state dinners with Elysée are said to have been sold online via specialized groups
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