- Willem Holleeder
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subject_name = Willem Holleeder
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date_of_birth = birth date and age|1958|5|29
place_of_birth =Amsterdam ,Netherlands
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charge = 1983: Heineken-Kidnapping 2006:Extortion ,Assault
penalty = 1983: 11 years imprisonment 2007: 9 years imprisonment
status = In prison
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children =Willem Frederik Holleeder (born
May 29 ,1958 inAmsterdam ,Noord-Holland ) is a Dutchcriminal . He was one of the perpetrators (among them alsoCor van Hout ) of thekidnapping of brewery president,Freddy Heineken in 1983, for which Holleeder received a jail sentence of 11 years.Holleeder is currently (as of November 2007) imprisoned and on
trial for alleged extortions of variousreal estate magnate s, includingWillem Endstra , who was murdered in 2004. A total of twenty-four people are suspected of being part of a crime ring controlled by Holleeder.The Dutch newspaper "
De Telegraaf " reported on July 16, 2006, that Holleeder and Cor van Hout had planned to kidnap Prince Bernhard instead ofFreddy Heineken in the 1980s.Thomas van der Bijl , who was murdered in his bar in Amsterdam in April 2006, made these allegations in a deposition before the Dutch national police. [http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/46552191/Holleeder_wilde_prins_ontvoeren.html]On December 21st 2007 the court convicted Willem Holleeder to a jail sentence of 9 years. Holleeder announced he will appeal. [http://www.nu.nl/news/1364868/1814/Negen_jaar_cel_voor_Holleeder_%28video%29.html]
ee also
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Bram Zeegers - key witness in Holleeder's 2007 trialExternal links
* [http://www.expatica.com/nl/articles/news/holleeder-has-2-years-to-live-43348.html Expatica: Holleeder has 2 years to live]
* [http://www.expatica.com/nl/articles/news/Connections-between-crime-world-killings.html Expatica: Connections between crime world killings]
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