Former Tennis Star Boris Becker Released From UK Jail, To Be Deported To Germany: Report
The six-time Grand Slam champion was found guilty of flouting insolvency rules by concealing more than £2.5 million in cash.
Three-time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker was released from a UK prison on Thursday and will be deported to Germany. The six-time Grand Slam champion was found guilty of flouting insolvency rules by concealing more than £2.5 million in cash, shares and property to avoid paying debt.
Becker, who went on trial earlier this year and was found guilty of four charges under the Insolvency Act, was slapped with a sentence of two and a half years.
The Southwark Crown Court found him guilty of removal of property, failing to disclose estate and concealing debt.
Becker, who has lived in the UK since 2012, was expected to serve half of his sentence but was released on Thursday morning.
The 55-year-old began his jail term at HM Prison Wandsworth before he was transferred to Huntercombe Prison in May.
Becker qualifies for automatic deportation because he is a foreign national who does not have British citizenship, a report in The Mirror said.
The former tennis star was declared bankrupt in June 2017, owing creditors £50 million over an unpaid loan on his estate on the Spanish island of Majorca.
An upcoming documentary is set to address his ordeal and will feature "personal" interviews with him in the years leading up to him being jailed.
In a clip released this week, Becker said, "I've hit my [rock] bottom, I don't know what to make of it. I (will) face (my sentence), I'm not going to hide or run away. (I will) accept whatever sentence I'm going to get."
Novak Djokovic, who Becker coached from 2013 to 2016 when the former tennis world number one won six grand slams, also appears in the documentary.
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