Inside the Kim Kardashian Paris heist crime scene: Chilling images emerge showing a gag used to silence the star and ripped tape used to bind her as the suspects are pictured at a French cafe 

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Astonishing footage has been released showing the scene of the hotel room where Kim Kardashian was the victim of a violent £8.5million robbery.

A French television network screened images of the crime scene in the Hôtel de Pourtalès, alongside a video of the robbers sitting outside the A Mon Café, some three miles from the hotel. 

The reality television star had a life-altering experience when she was robbed at gunpoint of some £8.5million ($10m) worth of jewels - including her 20 Carat, £3.5million engagement ring - in central Paris on October 3 last year.  

Chilling pictures show the gaffer tape used to gag the star and the Serflex cable ties used to bind her hands as armed men disguised as police officers carried out the terrifying raid.

Chilling images from the hotel bedroom where Kim Kardashian was robbed in October show an unmade bed alongside a host of items used in the terrifying raid 

This piece of evidence shows a tie reportedly used to gag the star's mouth as she was put in the bathroom and robbed of millions of pounds worth of jewellery 

Gaffer tape is understood to have been used to bind Kim's hands as the gang carried out the robbery 

Five gunmen disguised as police officers and wearing ski masks to hide their faces bound and gagged Kim in the luxury Hotel de Pourtalès.

The mother-of-two had been left alone in the suite while bodyguard Pascal Duvier went to high-end nightclub L'Arc with her sisters Kourtney and Kendall Jenner.

She was put in the hotel bathroom as the robbers took several pieces of her diamond jewellery. None of the items have ever been recovered. 

Several of her diamonds were taken

The images obtained by broadcaster TF1 feature those responsible for the £8.5m heist.

Eight men and a woman are currently in high-security prisons after being caught thanks to a combination of DNA and CCTV evidence.

In one film, two are seen desperately searching for a £30,000 Jacob and Co platinum-mounted diamond cross belonging to the 36-year-old reality TV star that they dropped as they made their getaway.

It fell between parked motor scooters, and was not found by a nearby office worker until the next morning.

Other remarkable footage is of the gang sitting on the terrace of a café in Paris’s third arrondissement as they plan their next job – apparently completely oblivious to watching police.

Also shown were the first images of black tape used to gag Ms Kardashian and the Serflex ties used to bind her hands inside the so-called Hotel de Pourtalès luxury apartment complex that is also known as the ‘No Address’ hotel.

Detectives originally said they had no video footage whatsoever connected with the raid, and kept up the bluff until releasing grainy black and white images of some of the robbers escaping by bicycles.

Kim Kardashian was robbed at gunpoint of some £8million ($10m) worth of jewels while in Paris in October. She is pictured here the day before the incident

Remarkable footage of the gang sitting on the terrace of a café in Paris’s third arrondissement as they plan their next job – apparently completely oblivious to watching police 

Shortly before the robbery, Kim posted this image of Instagram of her £3.5million engagement ring which was stolen in the heist

Now it is clear that they had colour close-ups all along – including two shots of one of the alleged gangsters wheeling his Velib hire bike away.

Those shown include Aomar Ait Khedache, a 60-year-old Frenchman who was thought to be the ringleader.

His DNA was found on the Serflex, and it was cross-referenced with samples linked to his early crimes as an armed robber.

After being identified him, police studied CCTV footage in which Khedache was seen getting out of a car near St Lazare station on the night of the Kardashian job.

It was just around the corner from the crime scene, and the driver was his 29-year-old son, Harminy Ait Khedache.

Khedache junior has now been charged with being the getaway driver of the gang led by his father.

Aomar Ait Khedache has also told police the gang melted down and sold off most of the stolen jewellery, but kept Ms Kardashian’s diamond engagement ring because it was too difficult to re-sell.

In police statements, Khedache said his team had planned to rob Ms Kardashian during a previous visit to Paris, but got cold feet because she was always surrounded by people.

Khedache said they had not sold the 20-carat, emerald-cut ring seen on Ms Khardashian because it was too easily identifiable

Images from within the crime scene show the open door leading to the bathroom - where the star was bound and gagged

Chilling CCTV stills released by the network show aliases plotting with one another

The gang hid around Paris for a few days after the robbery and then some of them travelled to Antwerp, Belgium’s diamond capital, to try and sell their haul 

The gang hid around Paris for a few days after the robbery and then some of them travelled to Antwerp, Belgium’s diamond capital, to try and sell their haul.

Khedache said: ‘So that the jewels would not be recognised, we took a joint decision to melt them down.’

Khedache said they had not sold the 20-carat, emerald-cut ring that Ms Khardashian had shown off in a photo she posted on social media just hours before the robbery because it was too easily identifiable.

Ms Kardashian said in leaked police testimony that the robbers had pointed a gun at her when they asked her to hand over the ring.

Two French examining magistrates are now due to travel to the USA to interview Ms Kardashian at length about the video evidence.

She may also be called to return to France to identify the attackers, and to give evidence at their trial.

It is due to be held later this year, and could see all of the gang members jailed for more than 10 years each for a range of charges including armed robbery within a criminal gang.

The new videos and photos were broadcast on TF1’s main news bulletin on Sunday night, with extracts posted online. 

In one film, two are seen desperately searching for a £30,000 Jacob and Co platinum-mounted diamond cross belonging to the 36-year-old reality TV star that they dropped as they made their getaway

The cross fell between parked motor scooters, and was not found by a nearby office worker until the next morning

Detectives originally said they had no video footage, and kept up the bluff until releasing grainy black and white images of some of the robbers escaping by bicycles

The new videos and photos were broadcast on TF1’s main news bulletin on Sunday night, with extracts posted online

Kim has not been in Paris since the robbery.

Last Thursday it was reported the 36-year-old may return to the City Of Lights to attend Paris Fashion Week, which runs February 28 until March 8.

But the next day her rep told People the Keeping Up With The Kardashians star had 'no plans' to fly to Paris.  

The Paris ordeal will be explored on the next season of Keeping Up With The Kardashians. 

Kim is seen in teasers for the reality show breaking down in tears as she says she could have been 'shot in the back' and killed. 

This year the reality star also spoke for the first time of her fears she would die in the robbery.

Kim addressed her horrific ordeal in Paris and her husband Kanye West's struggles.

Police officers stand guard at the entrance to the hotel residence at the Rue Tronchet, near Madeleine, central Paris after the violent raid

A police officer stands guard at the entrance of a luxury residence on the Rue Tronchet in central Paris, France, on October 3, where masked men robbed Kim 

In a preview for Keeping Up With The Kardashians - to be aired in March - the 30 second clip lays bare just how harrowing Kim's ordeal was with the 36-year-old visibly distressed.

As sisters Khloe and Kourtney listen, a distressed Kim sits curled up in a ball on the couch as she recounts what happened that October night when armed gunmen burst into her hotel and robbed her.

Crying, the star - who was bound and thrown in a bathtub - tells her sisters: 'They're going to shoot me in the back. There's no way out.'

So shaken is the mother of two, she said she struggles to even speak about what happened.

'It makes me so upset to think about it.' 

Kim famously lost her prized new 20-carat diamond engagement ring after being held up at gunpoint in herParis abode.

Just days before the ordeal, Kim Kardashian shared the story of how her husband Kanye West surprised her in the middle of the night by leaving the bauble on her pillow.

The rapper had the $4 million Lorraine Schwartz band engraved with the word, 'Adidas.'