BOBIGNY, France — A French court on Wednesday postponed the trial of a suspect in the Louvre jewels heist in a different case due to media attention and other issues that may impede the fairness of the proceedings.

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A French court has postponed the trial of a suspect in the Louvre jewels heist due to media attention and fairness concerns

The trial for damaging public property will now take place in April

The suspect's lawyers argued that the high-profile nature of the Louvre robbery hindered their preparation

he prosecutor agreed that the case needed to be judged in "serene conditions"

A court in Bobigny, north of Paris, said the suspect's trial on charges of damaging public property will take place in April.

His lawyers said the highly publicized Louvre rob

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