Fourth suspect charged in Louvre jewel heist investigation

Suspect charged successful daring Louvre heist had six erstwhile convictions, prosecutors say.

France has charged the 4th alleged subordinate of a four-person pack arrested implicit past month’s jewel heist astatine the Louvre, officials said.

Prosecutor Laure Beccuau, whose bureau is heading the investigation, connected Friday said the 39-year-old antheral has a transgression record, with six erstwhile convictions.

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On October 19, the pack raided the world’s most-visited creation depository successful wide daylight, taking conscionable 7 minutes to bargain jewellery worthy an estimated $102m earlier fleeing connected scooters.

“Already convicted six times, this antheral was known to courts for assorted offences, specified arsenic pimping, driving without a licence, and receiving stolen goods,” Beccuau said successful a statement.

The prosecutor’s connection did not accidental what role, exactly, the antheral is thought to person played successful the heist.

The 4 suspects believed to person carried retired the robbery person present been arrested and charged. They person been charged with organised theft and transgression conspiracy. The stolen jewellery is inactive missing.

The past suspected subordinate of the pack was arrested connected Tuesday astatine a operation tract successful the occidental French municipality of Laval, according to a root adjacent to the case.

The different suspects already successful detention – men aged 35, 37 and 39 – are suspected of having been portion of the four-person team, 2 of whom entered the Apollo Gallery, portion the different 2 remained outside, earlier fleeing together.

A 38-year-old woman, who is the spouse of 1 of the men, is suspected of complicity. She has been released connected bail.

The robbery has focused attraction connected information astatine the Louvre, the world’s most-visited museum.

The thieves took little than 8 minutes to unit their mode into the depository and leave, utilizing a freight assistance to scope the building’s window. Footage from depository cameras showed that the 2 who broke into the ornate Apollo Gallery utilized grinders to chopped unfastened jewellery show cases.

The emerald-set imperial crown of Napoleon III’s wife, Empress Eugenie, containing much than 1,300 diamonds, was aboriginal recovered extracurricular the museum.