Document photograph of Michael Schumacher© AFP
A father and son pleaded to blame in a German courtroom Tuesday over a plot to blackmail the circle of relatives of Michael Schumacher by way of threatening to unlock pictures of the Formulation One legend. The boys from Wuppertal in western Germany made the admission on the opening in their trial within the town, a courtroom spokeswoman mentioned. The boys, known most effective as Yilmaz T. and Daniel L., allegedly threatened to unlock personal pictures and movies of Schumacher and demanded 15 million euros ($15.7 million) from his circle of relatives. Those purportedly integrated pictures of the seven-time Formulation One champion prior to and after a 2013 snowboarding twist of fate, which left him with a major mind harm.
Schumacher, 55, has now not been observed in public since.
A 3rd guy, who’s accused of supplying the pictures to the opposite two defendants, additionally went on trial for his alleged section within the plot however made no act of contrition.
The person, known as Markus F. from the western German the city of Wuelfrath, labored as a safety guard on the Schumacher circle of relatives place of abode in Switzerland till 2021.
Prosecutors accuse the suspect of marketing pictures of Schumacher, got all the way through his paintings, to the daddy and son for a “five-figure” sum.
Consistent with prosecutors, Yilmaz T. rang an worker of the Schumacher circle of relatives a number of occasions in June this 12 months to call for cash.
The worker demanded evidence of the pictures, which was once delivered from a brand new electronic mail deal with, mentioned to were arrange by way of the suspected blackmailer’s son.
The courtroom has scheduled a complete of 5 hearings till mid-February.
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