US EditionTwo new suspects handed preliminary charges in Louvre jewels heist case, Paris prosecutor says
- On October 19, masked thieves raided the Louvre museum, stealing jewels valued at $102 million in broad daylight within seven minutes.
- Historic regalia taken included eight objects: tiaras, necklaces, brooches linked to 19th-century queens and an emerald-and-diamond necklace given by Napoleon I to Empress Marie-Louise plus Empress Eugenie's diadem with nearly 2,000 diamonds.
- Police initially arrested two suspects and this week detained five more, bringing the total detained to seven suspects, while two earlier suspects, men aged 34 and 39 from Aubervilliers, were charged after partially admitting involvement, Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said.
- DNA evidence tied a 34-year-old Algerian national to the getaway scooter and one suspect was stopped at Charles-de-Gaulle airport; one arrested this week was released Friday, lawyers Sofia Bougrine and Noemie Gorin said, with defence lawyer Bougrine calling the arrests `waves of drift nets`.
- Investigators have analysed roughly 150 forensic samples with about 100 investigators involved, sealing 189 items as evidence while officials confirm major security gaps and unrecovered jewels.
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The Paris prosecutor announced that two of the persons charged with the theft of jewellery at the Louvre had been convicted in 2015 for a robbery.
Sunday, November 2, Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau revealed that two of the four suspects charged for the burglary of the Louvre knew each other.
On Saturday, 2 new persons were charged as part of the investigation into the burglary of the Louvre Museum, bringing to 4 the number of people in prison. The public prosecutor gave more details on the profile of the suspects. Already convicted for theft, as a couple, inhabitants of Seine-Saint-Denis... Here is what we know about them. - Casse at the Louvre Museum: what do we know about the 4 people charged? (Police, justice and other facts).
Paris: Two more charged over Louvre jewellery heist
Two more suspects, a man and a woman arrested this week over the jewel heist at the Louvre, have been charged and remanded in custody, prosecutors have said. The charges on Saturday brought to four the number of people now charged over the spectacular robbery. Daniel Quinlan and L. Nahon from France2 report.
A 37-year-old man and his 38-year-old companion were charged and remanded in custody this Saturday as part of the mid-October theft investigation.
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