Overview
- Three men have begun public hearings at the Tribunal correctionnel de Paris accused of taking part in a violent home-jacking that targeted former PSG goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.
- Prosecutors say the attack left Donnarumma beaten and his partner traumatised, with reports of a subsequent miscarriage and material losses estimated at about two million euros.
- Ilyes Kherbouch is presented by investigators as the alleged mastermind with a long criminal record who is accused of directing the operation from prison and of ordering accomplices.
- The trial is being conducted under very high security after Kherbouch escaped from Villepinte prison in March and was recaptured following a two-week manhunt.
- Judges will hear testimony to establish who gave orders, who carried out the violence and how much compensation should be awarded, and the case highlights a wider pattern of organised ‘home-jacking’ attacks in France.