KIM Kardashian’s “grandpa robber” who stole millions worth of her jewellery in a terrifying Paris hotel room heist has died days after being sentenced.
Didier Dubreucq, 69, suffered from lung cancer and had to be hospitalized during the trial for the 2016 armed robbery.
He was found guilty of in May this year along with six other men and one woman.
The thief, dubbed “Blue Eyes”, died from his illness on Thursday morning, according to the French authorities.
The guilty verdict was handed down on May 23, but Dubreucq did not attend it.
He always denied any involvement in the heist.
Dubreucq said during interrogation: “There’s a case of mistaken identity.
“Contrary to appearances in this case, I have nothing to do with it.”
All the defendants walked free because of their ailing health and advanced age, and the time they’ve already spent in prison ahead of the trial.
Judge David De Pas, who sentenced the gang, said the state of their health ‘’prohibits’’ them from being incarcerated and none of them were likely to reoffend.
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