Herbert Franz Jacoby

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Herbert Franz Jacoby (* 1939 in Kesten an der Mittelmosel , Rhineland-Palatinate ) is a convicted German criminal who, together with Wilhelm Hudelmaier, looted around 20 million Deutschmarks in 19 robberies and hostage-taking in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s . Jacoby and Hudelmaier gained notoriety through the kidnapping of the Schlecker children , from which they extorted 9.6 million Deutschmarks in ransom.

Life

Herbert Franz Jacoby comes from the Rhineland-Palatinate wine town of Kesten on the Moselle. Until his arrest he was integrated into village life and outwardly led the existence of a normal citizen. Friends described him as a “gentleman” who always helped everyone when there were problems. It was known, however, that Jacoby had not worked for two decades.

Jacoby's best-known and largest crime was the kidnapping of the Schlecker children, in which the police were unable to find any clues about the perpetrators despite a special commission of almost 100 people . Since the investigation was not progressing, there was also an investigation within the police. Even Anton Schlecker was suspected to have orchestrated the kidnapping of his own children themselves. Jacoby and Hudelmaier captured a total of around 20 million D-Marks by 1998, most of which was consumed by Hudelmaier's lavish lifestyle - through speculation with real estate and warrants and through commodity futures.

After their arrest, Jacoby and Hudelmaier were often portrayed very positively in the media. The result was the image of “gentleman gangsters” who were not dangerous to the general public. In addition, trial observers were amazed at the defendant's relatively old age. The fact that Jacoby could commit crimes for two decades without being caught was justified by his "wealth of tricks". The story of Hudelmaier and Jacoby was presented in the documentary series The Great Criminal Cases.

In 1999 Herbert Franz Jacoby was sentenced to thirteen and a half years in prison by the Ulm Regional Court . The judges rated Jacoby's comprehensive confession as mitigating.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Die Schlecker-Entführer DasErste.de, February 16, 2004.
  2. ↑ a b Two professional criminals with large financial needs, Abendblatt.de, February 16, 2004.
  3. ^ Two defendants confess Tat Rhein-Zeitung Online, February 18, 1999.
  4. ↑ a b Roland May: The Schlecker kidnappers. In: Helfried Spitra (ed.): The great criminal cases. Volume 2: The St. Pauli Killer, the Escape King and nine other famous crimes (= Piper 4477). Piper Verlag GmbH, Munich et al. 2005, ISBN 3-492-24477-7 , pp. 164-179.
  5. ^ Long prison sentences in the Schlecker trial Die Welt, March 23, 1999.
personal data
SURNAME Jacoby, Herbert Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German robber
DATE OF BIRTH 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Kesten