Police were keeping tight control over details of the kidnapping, which happened last Friday, for fear of hindering their investigation. Bernie Ecclestone was striving to focus on his duties as Formula One chief yesterday knowing that the life of his mother-in-law could depend on whether he pays a £28 million ransom demanded by her kidnappers. The event starts in ten days. Mr Ecclestone’s… The abduction of Aparecida Schunk, 67, from the middle-class suburb of Sao Paulo where she lives is an acute embarrassment to the Brazilian authorities as the country prepares to host the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Source: The Times July 26, 2016 22:52 UTC