The mixed panel of judges and jury convicted eight of the 10 defendants for crimes directly linked to the theft, while another defendant was found guilty of illegal weapons charges. One person was acquitted.

Eight people put on trial after US reality TV star Kim Kardashian was robbed at gunpoint of millions of dollars' worth of jewellery in Paris nearly a decade ago have been found guilty on all counts.

"I do appreciate the letter, I forgive you," she said. "But it doesn’t change the feelings and the trauma and the fact that my life was forever changed."