Sixth suspect appears in Louvre robbery case
1 November 19:14
A sixth suspect has emerged in the case of the Louvre Museum robbery in Paris. This was reported by Agence France-Presse, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports.
The charges in the robbery case were brought against a 38-year-old resident of the Parisian suburb of La Courneuve (Saint-Saint-Denis). The prosecutor’s office is now demanding her detention.
The Louvre robbery
On the morning of October 19, a robbery took place in the Louvre Museum in Paris. Nine jewels from the Napoleon collection were stolen.
According to the French newspaper Le Parisien, the thieves entered the building from the facade facing the Seine River, where construction work is currently underway. They used a freight elevator to gain direct access to the targeted room in the Apollo Gallery.
Two robbers, while a third stood guard, smashed the display cases in the Napoleon and French Sovereigns galleries, stealing nine items from the imperial family’s jewelry collection. Among them are a tiara worn by Queens Marie-Amelie and Hortense; an emerald necklace of Empress Marie-Louise; a tiara once owned by Empress Eugenie, etc. The latter, according to the investigation, is decorated with almost two thousand diamonds.
Investigators managed to find one of the stolen items, the crown of Empress Eugenia, as the thieves dropped it during their escape. The whereabouts of the rest of the items are unknown. The amount of damage is currently estimated at 88 million euros.
