Willem Holleeder

Willem Frederik Holle Eder (* May 29, 1958 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch criminal. He became famous in 1983 by the kidnapping of the Dutch brewer Heineken Freddy.

Life

Holle Eder's father was in the 1950s, professional racing driver and later as an employee of Heineken Brewery (partly as a private chauffeur of Freddy Heineken ) operates.

As a teenager, he and the members of the group in January Boellaard, Frans Meijer and Cor van Hout worked in a gang. In Amsterdam they marketed as " thugs " on behalf of homeowners squatters. Cor van Hout later became his brother in law.

The young people founded his own company " Epan BV " with which she drove business with the catering industry. After this company had gone bankrupt, they landed in the world of illegal employment agencies. They gave illegal workers for the construction industry. Later she turned to trade in real estate.

Kidnapping of Freddy Heineken

On November 9, 1983 hijacked Holleeder and four other members of his gang in a daring action, the heirs Heineken Alfred Henry ( Freddy ) Heineken and his chauffeur. They received 35 million guilders (16 million euro ) ransom from the family, although the police were against this payment.

From the ransom the kidnappers told 15 million guilders, three million per offender among themselves, the remaining 20 million were buried in Maarsbergen (municipality Utrecht Ridge ). This could be rescued by the police from Hollenders share of three million, only a small part was assured.

After the release of Freddy Heineken, the kidnappers, Cor van Hout, Willem Holleeder Jan Boellaard, Frans Meijer and Martin Erkamps were caught and sentenced to prison. During this time Holleeder met many others from the underworld, including John Mieremet, who was later accused of having given the murder of Cor van Hout in order.

From 2007 until January 2012 he served for extortion by various real estate agents, including the 2004 murder Willem Endstra, a nine- year sentence in prison Niew Vosseveld. 1983 Holleeder received an eleven-year prison sentence for involvement in the kidnapping of Freddy Heineken.