French courts have sentenced two men to a year in prison for stealing items from the Balmain collection destined for Paris Fashion Week in September.
One was jailed and the second will serve his sentence with an electronic bracelet.
A month earlier, at the initial hearing of the same case at the Criminal Court in Bobigny, Paris region, two men were sentenced to twelve and eighteen months imprisonment.
The public prosecutor, who had asked for six and five years' imprisonment, had appealed against these decisions.
During the second hearing on 13 March, Zuheir B., who was sentenced on Thursday to three years' imprisonment, two of which were suspended.
Having fallen into financial difficulties, he explained to the court that he had succumbed to the temptation and moral pressure of a man whose name he did not disclose.
The robbery took place on 16 September. On the way to Paris, the van of a DHL subcontractor was hit by a car on its way out of the centre of Roissy-en-France.
The driver was abducted by hooded men and his van stolen, as well as 146 consignments of luxury brands, including items from the Balmain collection that were to be presented a few days later at Fashion Week.
The moral and material damage to Balmain is estimated at around 645 000 euros. /BGNES