Kim Kardashian and the world await the fate of the ‘grandpa robbers’ accused of stealing her jewels

The alleged “grandpa robbers” accused of stealing millions of dollars of Kim Kardashian’s jewelry could receive a verdict Friday at the end of their month-long trial, with French prosecutors asking for up to 10 years’ jailtime.

Nine men and one woman are accused of planning and carrying out the armed robbery at Paris Fashion Week in 2016. Years of French bureaucracy delayed the trial by almost a decade, despite the defendants being arrested just months later after police found DNA at the scene.

The three judges and six jurors have now retired and could give their verdict as soon as Friday evening (Paris is six hours ahead of ET). The panel will need to reach a majority decision.

Presiding Judge David de Pas has summoned all parties back to the court for 7 p.m. local time (1 p.m. ET) although he said this would not necessarily be the time of the verdict.

Most of the defendants are in their 60s and 70s, arriving at court wearing orthopedic shoes and wielding canes. Some have illnesses that include cancer and Parkinson’s disease and could not have contrasted more with Kardashian, 44, the billionaire influencer and business doyenne whose testimony marked a moment of high drama.

“I absolutely did think I was going to die,” she told the court last week. “I have babies. I have to make it home. They can take everything. I just have to make it home,” she recalled thinking.

That was in the early hours of Oct. 3, 2016, when two of the men allegedly broke into her high-end private apartment, binding her ankles while she wore just a bathrobe. With one pointing a gun at her, they stole $9 million of her jewelry, including a 20-carat diamond ring gifted by her then husband, Kanye West, now known as Ye, prosecutors said.

They escaped on bike and on foot, prosecutors say, only to be arrested months later. Aside from a large cross dropped during the escape, none of the jewels have been recovered.

Eight of the defendants proclaim their innocence. Two have admitted they played some role, though say this has been overstated by the prosecution. One of them, Yunice Abbas, now 72, wrote a book about it entitled “I Kidnapped Kim Kardashian.”

In a final statement to the court Friday, Abbas said, “I have nothing but regrets to offer you and will take my responsibilities.”

Prosecutors say the mastermind was Aomar Ait Khedache, 69, an alleged veteran of the Paris underworld known as “Old Omar.” He admitted he was involved but claims he was only a foot soldier. He says the real leader was someone called “X” or “Ben” — who prosecutors assert does not exist.

Prosecutors want 10 years’ jailtime for Khedache and Abbas, as well as co-defendants Didier Dubreucq and Marc-Alexander Boyer. They have asked for: an eight-year term to be given to Khedache’s son and alleged getaway driver, Harminy Ait Khedache; seven years for alleged informants Fleurus Heroui and Gary Madar; and six years for Khedache’s girlfriend and suspected accomplice Christiane Glotin.

Khedache, who is deaf and mute and has a condition requiring him to go to the bathroom every hour, was among the defendants to give a note of apology to Kardashian while she took the stand.

“The past cannot be undone, but I hope that this letter will enable you to gradually forget the trauma you have experienced through my fault,” the letter said.

She responded, “I forgive you for what had taken place but it doesn’t change the emotions, the feeling and the trauma and the fact that my life has forever changed.”

However one of the defense lawyers, Henri de Beauregard, warned during the trial not to be taken in by this image of “kind old men” or the “myth of friendly, Robin Hood-style pensioners.”