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Beccuau has said the heist was carried out by petty criminals rather than organised crime professionals.

That case, brought before DNA testing was widely available, was enough to convince a jury at Liverpool Crown Court - and on 5 November 1987 he went from a self-confessed "petty thief" to a convicted murderer.

Those arrested over the heist that shocked France were all petty criminals rather than organised crime professionals, Paris's prosecutor has said.

Tribal feuds are common in Iraq, a war-scarred country awash with weapons where petty rows can turn into deadly clashes.

These obligations have swollen beyond petty annoyance into their own distinct sphere of activity, neither work nor not-work.