Paris - Eight people have been convicted in connection with a spectacular 2008 holdup at a Harry Winston jewellery shop in Paris, in which three cross-dressing gunmen stole about $92 million in loot, a defence lawyer said on Saturday.
Lawyer Philippe Stepniewski said sentences ranged from nine months to 15 years in prison - with the heaviest penalty handed to Douadi Yahiaoui, a 50-year-old repeat offender and alleged ringleader of the heist.
In the robbery, the gunmen wore silky wigs, skirts, stockings and high heels, and took less than 20 minutes to steal hundreds of jewellery pieces and watches.