Kim Kardashian has stunningly forgiven the man suspected of masterminding the $10 million Paris jewellery heist which left her fearing for her life after she was bound, gagged and threatened with a gun.

The American socialite and reality television star of Keeping Up With The Kardashians accepted a written apology from Aomar Aït Khedache who said he was sorry for the pain he had caused her and her loved ones.

The highly-charged moment in the Palais de Justice came as Kardashian returned to the French capital to give evidence in a trial of alleged ‘grandpa gang’ of robbers who targeted her at her luxury hotel suite during Paris Fashion Week in 2016.

In emotional courtroom scenes, Kardashian said she feared she would be raped and killed when two men she thought were police officers burst into her apartment to steal her expensive jewellery.