Laurence des Cars questioned by senators about daring daytime break-in at Paris museum
The director of the Louvre museum in Paris has acknowledged a “terrible failure” days after thieves took seven minutes to break in via a window and steal jewels worth €88m, admitting there was “highly insufficient” security camera coverage of the outside walls of the vast building.
Senators questioned Laurence des Cars about the spectacular heist in which four men used a truck with extendable ladder and furniture hoist to access a balcony, cut through a window and steal jewels from the ornate Apollo gallery during opening hours.
“The whole world is shocked and we really don’t need this in France right now”, said Jacques Grosperrin, a senator from the centre-right Les Républicains party, adding that the international media was laughing at France.
Max Brisson, a senator from the same party, said France must not become “the champion of buck passing” on the responsibility for the robbery.
