He had organized the robbery from behind bars. Ilyas K., nicknamed “Ganito”, was sentenced on the night of Friday to Saturday to nine years in prison by the Paris court for having ordered the home-jacking of Gianluigi Donnarumma, then PSG goalkeeper, and his partner Alessia Elefante.
The prosecution had requested ten years against this 21-year-old young man, whose name appears in several cases of kidnapping. Detained since the age of 14, he also became known last March for his escape from Villepinte prison. Despite his denials during the trial, the court found him guilty of having piloted the operation from his cell. He remains in detention specifies “Le Parisien”
Tied up and abused in the middle of the night
The facts date back to July 21, 2023, in the couple’s Parisian apartment, avenue Montaigne. In the middle of the night, several men had surprised Donnarumma and her companion in their sleep. The footballer was tied up and then hit in the face with gloves. The attackers demanded money and watches.
Alessia Elefante, then pregnant, was strangled with a phone charger cable. In just a few minutes, the criminals had taken away cash, jewelry, watches and luxury bags. Donnarumma estimated the loot at nearly a million euros.
The young woman suffered a miscarriage shortly after. During the trial, the public prosecutor presented the loss of the child as one of the two “collateral deaths” of this case, attributing it to the shock suffered during the attack. The other concerns a man present on the evening of the robbery, who committed suicide in prison in May 2024 after being threatened because he was considered a “snitch”.
The second alleged sponsor acquitted
Moktar D., the only defendant present on Avenue Montaigne on the evening of the events, had the mission of keeping watch. He himself would then have been kidnapped for having left his post too soon. He was sentenced to five years in prison, two of which were suspended on probation.
On the other hand, Khyan M., 22 years old, presented by the prosecution as the second sponsor, was acquitted even though nine years in prison had been requested against him. His lawyer welcomed a decision which, according to her, took into account the “evidence and uncertainties” of the case.
“Ganito” had nevertheless tried to convince the court that he was not behind the robbery. He maintained in particular that the phones used since his detention and on which investigators found exchanges and videos were also used by other detainees.
After a first day marked by his insults and threats towards police officers, the young man was much calmer the next day, going so far as to apologize. He recounted his childhood marked by paternal violence and said he wanted to get out of delinquency. A horizon that remains very distant: according to the calculations presented by the prosecutor, he could only regain freedom in April 2043
