German pensioners convicted of kidnapping financial advisor

Four German pensioners have been found guilty of kidnapping the financial adviser they blamed for US property investments that went awry.  The court found that the four, aged 61 to 80, abducted James Amburn and tried to force him to refund 2.5m euros (£2.25m; $3.4m) in lost investments.  They took him from his home in western Germany and drove him 450km (280 miles) to southern Bavaria.  He was freed after hiding a message to call police in a fax to his Swiss bank.  Te defendants had argued that they had invited Mr Amburn for a short holiday in upper Bavaria.  But the judge in Traunstein, Bavaria, ruled that it was a “spectacular case of self-justice” and that in Germany, people could not take the law into their own hands.

Source/more:  BBC, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8583222.stm

Let this be a lesson, “senior specialists”!