Abdelatif Redjil, the man who held the hand of Diana, Princess of Wales as she lay dying after her fatal car accident in Paris, has been jailed after absconding from custody after stealing 33,000 euros (41,000 dollars) from a cash machine.
Eleven Egyptian officials including the head of the culture ministry's fine arts department were convicted of negligence and jailed for three years Tuesday, after a $50 million dollar Van Gogh painting was stolen in August from a Cairo museum.
Egypt has arrested the government's head of fine arts on charges of negligence and stepped up border security after a Van Gogh painting was stolen this weekend from a Cairo museum.
The Egyptian government has prohibited nine Culture Ministry officials from leaving the country after a $50 million dollar Van Gogh painting was stolen on Saturday from a Cairo museum, an Egyptian state-owned newspaper said on Monday.
Egypt confirmed Sunday that two Italians arrested for the theft of a $50 million Van Gogh painting had been released, and that the search for the masterpiece was still on.
An Air France stewardess has been found guilty of relieving First Class passengers of jewellery and cash while they slept, piling up loot worth tens of thousands over a period of months.
The French papers largely conclude this morning that yesterday’s demonstrations against retirement reform weren’t large enough to block government plans. This and other stories in today’s French press review: FRIDAY, 28th MAY 2010
Toni Musulin, a French security guard who became an Internet sensation after he stole 11.6 million euros in 2009, has been jailed for three years by a French court. Prosecutors have appealed the verdict and are calling for a harsher sentence.
Tony Musulin, a French security guard who became an internet sensation after he stole 11.6 million euros in 2009, told the court Tuesday that he was upset with his boss and that he was ‘no Robin Hood’.
Robbers failed to reach a bank safety deposit room while tunnelling under Paris streets in the early hours of Sunday. The attempt was the third time this year that so-called "termite gangs" have tried tunnelling their way into banks.
