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An ex-con is on the hook for “multiple” thefts from Manhattan luxury hotels, prosecutors said yesterday — including the theft of some $230,000 in jewelry and handbags from the plush Plaza hotel suite of a princess from the United Arab Emirates.

James Bennett, 45, has been indicted for “multiple hotel-room burglaries,” prosecutor Jordan Arnold said in Criminal Court.

Defense lawyer Javier Damien said officials had linked Bennett to thefts at The Plaza and the London NYC hotels.

Bennett allegedly let himself into Princess Arwa Al Qassimi’s 12th-floor Plaza suite after the door was left ajar last month. He made off with a Marc Jacobs watch with diamonds that spell out “Allah,” among other costly baubles, cops said.

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