Corinna Schumacher said an ex-bodyguard's involvement in a blackmail plot regarding her husband and Formula One driver Michael Schumacher was a 'shock'.

Michael Schumacher’s wife, Corinna, has demanded a tougher sentence for her family’s former security guard who was involved in a blackmail plot which threatened to release private photos and videos showing the F1 icon’s condition.

In an extremely rare public statement, Michael Schumacher’s wife Corinna has hit out against the “lenient” sentences handed to three men who tried to blackmail the Formula One legend. Corinna says the family has appealed the two-year suspended prison sentence given to the “mastermind” behind the shocking plot.

The family of Michael Schumacher have lodged an appeal against what it feels is a "far too lenient sentence" for one of the defendants found guilty in a blackmail plot.

Corinna Schumacher has launched an appeal against what she calls a "far too lenient" sentence given to her family's former bodyguard in a blackmail case. Concerns have also arisen over a "missing hard drive" and over potential copycats,

Corinna Schumacher has confirmed her family are appealing the verdict reached in the blackmail case involving a former family