News Details

Ecclestone's pilot held for kidnapping

After Aparecida Schunk, mother of Bernie Ecclestone's wife Fabian Flosi, was freed from her kidnappers, three people were arrested, including the F1 supremo’s helicopter pilot. Schunk was abducted from her home on July 22 and her abductors demanded a fee of $36.5 (£28m) for her release. The pilot, named Jorge Eurico da Silva Faria, is said to be the mastermind of the whole ordeal in Sao Paulo and was found out after police monitored phone calls between the trio and Schunk’s family. After she was freed, the 67-year-old mother told Brazilian media: 'I only ask for these bandits to be jailed so they can't abduct anyone else in Sao Paulo.' It is also worth noting that none of the demanded...
Full Story »
9y ago from PlanetF1.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Bernie Ecclestone's kidnapped mother-in-law freed in...

Bernie Ecclestone's mother-in-law has reportedly been freed...
9y ago from GrandPrixTimes.com

Ecclestone's pilot arrested over mother-in-law...

A helicopter pilot who has worked for Bernie Ecclestone has been arrested...
9y ago from Motorsport.com

Ecclestone’s mother-in-law held at ransom

Bernie Ecclestone's mother-in-law has reportedly been held at ransom in...
9y ago from F1.co.uk

Two arrested as Police rescue Ecclestone's...

The mother-in-law of Formula 1 commercial chief Bernie Ecclestone is...
9y ago from Motorsport.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Enea Bastianini ‘can’t explain’ KTM tyre...

Enea Bastianini admitted he “can’t explain why” he struggled to...

Motorsport Week's Top 10 MotoGP riders of 2025

The 2025 MotoGP season had it all. With 22 rounds and 44 races, the...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Race start times for 2026 IndyCar season announced

The NTT IndyCar Series has announced the race broadcast start times for...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

“There’s nothing special in our squad” - Arsenal...

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has admitted that the club are not ruling out...
49m ago from SportsKeeda.com

“It’s actually common sense” - Gary Lineker...

Pundit Gary Lineker has advised Arsenal striker Viktor Gyokeres to emulate...
2h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Paul Merson predicts Arsenal vs Aston Villa and other...

The fixtures are coming thick and fast in the Premier League. This run...
2h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Antoine Semenyo informs Premier League club of his...

Antoine Semenyo has dominated the transfer news waves in recent weeks,...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.