France charges fourth suspected member of Louvre heist gang

The gang raided the world's most-visited art museum in broad daylight, taking just seven minutes to steal jewellery worth an estimated $102 million Dimitar DILKOFF

France on Friday charged the fourth alleged member of a gang arrested over last month's spectacular jewel heist at the Louvre museum, prosecutors said.

On October 19, the four-person gang raided the world's most-visited art museum in broad daylight, taking just seven minutes to steal jewellery worth an estimated $102 million before fleeing on scooters.

Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau described the fourth suspect as a 39-year-old man born in the working-

"Already convicted six times, this man was known to courts for various offences, such as pimping, driving without a licence, and receiving stolen goods," Beccuau said in a s