Paris — After a monthlong trial, eight of the 10 people accused of robbing billionaire celebrity Kim Kardashian in Paris in 2016 were convicted on Friday.

The ringleader and seven other people involved in the heist were found guilty, but will not return to prison. The court acquitted two defendants who were accused of handing out information about Kardashian's whereabouts.

Aomar Aït Khedache, 69, the ringleader, was handed the heaviest sentence of eight years imprisonment. Five of those years are a suspended sentence. Due to time already served in jail, he will not return to detention.

Three others who were accused of the most serious charges — Yunis Abbas, Didier Dubreucq and Marc-Alexandre Boyer — each got seven years, five of them suspended. Like Khedache, they will not ret

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