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.

The thieves were dubbed the "grandpa robbers" by the press as many were of or near retirement age.