. >> catherine martin's in brussels, thank you. the founder of schleicher has been let off like -- lightly, but not his children. the german court sentenced the 73-year-old tycoon to a two-year suspended sentence for embezzlement. his children received two-year prison terms. >> the brand is well new -- well-known across europe. operating 14,000 stores in 13 european countries. the portrait of the self-made german multimillionaire hung in every branch of what was once one of the biggest family dynasties in germany. a court has given the businessman a suspended prison sentence of two years. his children will go straight behind bars for three years. it comes down to the money. once it became clear that his company would go bankrupt, he moved around 16 million euros in the company. money that the court says belonged to creditors. what some of the money went to a logistics company belonging to the children. anton schleicher got a lighter sentence. that is because his fraud didn't amount to as much financial damage as his children. their