Overview
- The Paris court of appeal on Thursday upheld a six‑year prison term against Ilyas Kherbouch for complicity in an attempted aggravated theft during a 2024 homejacking and ordered a warrant for his arrest.
- Kherbouch escaped on March 7 when three men posing as police presented fake extraction documents; prison staff allowed him to leave, and his absence was only detected 48 hours later.
- Prosecutors opened an investigation for organized escape, assigning the case to the JIRS with OCLCO and Paris judicial police, while the prison administration and the justice inspectorate launched internal reviews.
- Two suspects, including a minor, were detained Sunday and presented to a judge; seized items included police armbands, a gyrophare, fake IDs and forged requisitions, and one adult has been placed under formal investigation on charges including organized escape, criminal conspiracy, active corruption and forgery of a public document.
- A nationwide manhunt continues for the 20‑year‑old repeat offender, who has multiple convictions and open cases, including alleged involvement in the Donnarumma homejacking, and whose projected release before new rulings had been 2035; prisons received immediate orders to tighten verification of all extraction requests.