BOBIGNY, France (AP) — Lawyers for a suspect in the Louvre jewels heist said Wednesday they expect his trial in a separate case to be postponed because his transfer to the courthouse would be too complex.

The 39-year-old man, suspected of breaking into the Louvre and stealing the $102-million worth Crown Jewels, was initially set to go on trial Wednesday on charges of damaging public property in a different case. His lawyers, Florian Godest Le Gall and Maxime Cavaillé, said he would not attend the trial in the Bobigny courthouse, north of Paris, because his transfer was deemed too complex. They did not elaborate.

The suspect was arrested six days after the Oct. 19 Louvre robbery at his home in Aubervilliers, a suburb north of Paris where he was born. He faces preliminary charges of theft

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