'Grandpa robbers' found guilty over Kim Kardashian robbery in Paris: Here's everything you need to know

In October 2016, Kim Kardashian was robbed at gunpoint - with jewellery worth millions of dollars stolen during the audacious heist in Paris.

It was the biggest robbery of an individual in France for more than 20 years, and made front pages around the world. Kardashian gave evidence in person during the trial.

Now, almost a decade on, the case has concluded in a French court, with eight people found guilty. Their sentences ranged from prison terms to a fine, but with time already served in pretrial detention, none of those convicted will go to jail, and all walked out free.

Why did it take so long to get to court? What did Kardashian say? And who exactly are the "grandpa robbers" involved in the case. Here's everything you need to know.

What happened? Two years after Kardashian and rapper Kanye West married in an ostentatious week-long celebration spanning Paris and Florence, the Kardashian-West clan were back in the French capital for Paris Fashion Week. Her then husband had returned to the US to continue his Saint Pablo tour, but Kardashian, along with her sister Kourtney and various members of their entourage, remained in Paris, staying in an exclusive set of apartments so discreet they've been dubbed the "No Address Hotel".

Nestled on Tronchet Street, just a stone's throw from Place de l'Opera and close to the fashionable Avenue Montaigne, the Hotel de Pourtales is popular with A-list stars staying in the French capital. A stay in the Sky Penthouse, the suite occupied by Kardashian, will currently set you back about £13,000 a night.

On the evening of 3 October, after attending a fashion show with her sister, Kardashian remained in the apartment alone while the rest of her convoy, including her bodyguard Pascal Duvier, went out for the night. At about 2.30 am, three armed men wearing ski masks and dressed as police forced their way into the apartment block and, according to investigators, threatened the concierge at gunpoint.

Two of them were alleged to have forced the concierge to lead them to Kardashian's suite. He later told police they yelled at him: "Where's the rapper's wife?" Kardashian said she had been "dozing" on her bed when the men entered her room and restrained her.

According to police, the robbers, who left straight after grabbing their haul, escaped on bicycles with items estimated to be worth about $10m (£7.5m), including a $4m (£3m) 18.88-carat diamond engagement ring from West. Kardashian said she believed her social media posts provided the alleged robbers with "a window of opportunity".

"I was Snapchatting that I was home, and that everyone was going out," she said in the months after the incident. After they had left, Kardashian said she escaped her restraints and went to find help.

After speaking to detectives, she immediately returned to the US on a private jet and later hired a completely new security team. What was stolen? As well as her engagement ring, Kardashian said the thieves took her large Louis Vuitton jewellery box, which she said contained "everything I owned".

In police reports given to the French authorities at about 4.30 am on the night of the alleged robbery, Kardashian listed these items as having been stolen: • Two diamond Cartier bracelets• A gold and diamond Jacob necklace• Diamond earrings by Lauren Schwartz• Yanina earrings• Three gold Jacob necklaces• Little bracelets, jewels and rings• A Lauren Schwartz diamond necklace• A necklace with six little diamonds• A necklace with Saint spelt out in diamonds• A cross-shaped diamond-encrusted Jacob cross• A yellow gold Rolex watch• Two yellow gold rings• An iPhone 6 and a BlackBerry Police recovered only the diamond-encrusted cross that was dropped by the robbers while leaving. It's likely the gold in the haul was melted down and resold, while the diamond engagement ring would be far too recognisable to sell on the open market.

How long did the trial last? The hearing started at the Court of Appeal of Paris - the largest appeals court in France - on 28 April and wrapped up a month later on 23 May. The case was presided over by a lead judge, with two professional assessors and six main jurors.

It involved more than 2,000 documents, and there were four civil parties. Eight people were found guilty of crimes connected to the gunpoint robbery - including the ring leader.

Their sentences ranged from prison terms to a fine, but with time already served in pretrial detention, none of those convicted will go to jail, and all walked out free. Who was being tried? There were initially 12 defendants in the case, but one person had died and another had a medical condition that prevented their involvement.

This meant in total 10 people - nine men and one woman - stood trial. Five of them, who were all aged between 60 and 72 at the time of the incident, faced armed robbery and kidnapping charges.

They are: • Yunice Abbas• Aomar Ait Khedache• Harminv Ait Khedache• Didier Dubreucq• Marc-Alexandre Boyer Abbas, 72, had admitted his participation in the robbery. In 2021, he published a book about it, titled I Kidnapped Kim Kardashian.

A court ruled he would not benefit financially from the book. Aomar Ait Khedache, 69, known to French crime reporters as "Old Omar.