Extension against Schumacher: Three years in prison for the main accused

Extension against Schumacher: Three years in prison for the main accused

In a dramatic blackmail against the family of the Formula 1 record world champion Michael Schumacher, the district court of Wuppertal imposed hard punishments on Wednesday. The main defendant, a 53-year-old who had threatened the publication of confidential image and video materials, was sentenced to three years in prison. His son received a suspended sentence of six months. Both had tried to blackmail 15 million euros from the Schumacher family, which was classified as an attempted extortion in a particularly severe case, as OE24 .

collaboration with former security employee

was also a former employee of a security company who was responsible for monitoring the Schumacher investment in Switzerland. He received a probation penalty of two years, which was not sufficient for the Schumacher family. Corinna Schumacher, who was represented in the negotiation by a lawyer, demanded a harder judgment of four years for the security employee because she believed that the files made the extortion possible. The main defendant and his son had largely granted the allegations and apologized, while the former security employee competed every participation and was silent on the last day of the trial, like ran.de reported .

The punishments of the court largely follow the public prosecutors' claims, but not the demands of the co -action. Michael Schumacher himself suffered serious head injuries in a skiing accident in 2013 and has not spoken in public since then. Since then, the family has done everything to protect his privacy and does not let any information about his health.