The trial for the case of suspects charged with the 2016 armed Jewellery robbery of reality TV personality Kim Kardashian in Paris, France, is set to officially begin following jury selection in the French capital on Monday.

According to reports, measures now in place for the courts to begin hearing testimony against the ten accused in connection with the high-end heist seven years ago in which an estimated nine million dollars worth of Jewellery was forcefully stolen from the Kardashian.

It’s understood that the accused held up the fashion-mogul and her guests who were in France during the 2016 Paris Fashion Week at gunpoint after gaining entry into the reality TV star’s luxury suite at the Hôtel de Pourtalès, Paris.

The incident, which made global headlines due to Kardashian’s profile, further made news following revelations that ages of the suspected culprits were more aligned with pensioner benificiaries than Playboy sprendrifs.

With ages ranging from 60-80, the men were branded the grandpa robbers” in local French media. 

It’s further reported that part of the reason for the delayed start was due to one of the defendants having died since the incident, with another aged 80 needing his case to be separated due to an underlying medical condition, as per NBC News.

The defendants deemed fit to stand trial include Didier “Blue Eyes” Dubreucq, 69; his brother of Kardashian’s driver in Paris, Gary Madar, 35,  who is accused of providing the alleged gang members with information about Kardashian’s whereabouts and suspected mastermind, 69-year-old Aomar Ait Khedach, Paris AP reports.

It’s understood that at least one confession has already been recorded from the now 72-year-old Yunice Abbas, who is said to have authored the 2021 book “I Kidnapped Kim Kardashian.”

with defendants has admitted to his part in the robbery. Yunice Abbas, now 72, wrote the 2021 book “I Kidnapped Kim Kardashian,”