Kim Kardashian expressed her gratitude to "the French authorities for pursuing justice" in a statement to PEOPLE after eight of 10 suspects were found guilty in court for the Paris robbery trial.

Eight people have been found guilty of a violent robbery of Kim Kardashian in a Paris apartment in a $10 million jewellery heist that left the celebrity traumatised.

DNA evidence for Aomar Ait Khedache, 69, and Yunice Abbas, 71, placed them at the scene of the crime, and the two have admitted their involvement.