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More details of Ecclestone mother-in-law kidnapping emerge

 XPB Images A week after the dramatic rescue of Bernie Ecclestone's mother-in-law Aparecida Schunck from the clutches of a gang of kidnappers in Sao Paulo, more details have emerged about the terrifying nine-day ordeal. According to reports in Britain's Sunday Times newspaper, the 67-year-old was threatened with beheading with the gang saying that they would post her head to Ecclestone in a brown shopping bag unless Ecclestone agreed to pay a substantial ransom of £28 million, which was later raised to £39 million. The gang had abducted Ms Schunk from her heavily fortified home by pretending to be couriers delivering a package to her home. Police eventually used mobile phone...
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