A jury handed down their verdicts, before one was told he would spend three years in a cell. Most of the sentences were suspended, meaning the others will spend a max of two years in prison.

Aomar Aït Khedache, 69, begged for forgiveness on Friday, just before a jury in Paris retired to consider a verdict in the case.

Contre quatre des accusés, l’accusation a requis dix ans de prison, demandant à la cour de ne pas se fier à leurs « rides rassurantes ». La star avait été séquestrée et dépouillée…