Boris Becker to be deported from UK to Germany

German tennis player, former world number one Boris Becker was released from a colony in the UK on the morning of December 15, where he was serving a sentence for concealing assets and income during bankruptcy proceedings.

According to the Press Association, without specifying a source, Mr. Becker will be deported to Germany soon. german newspaper Bild reports that he has already gone to the airport. His things, according to the publication, remained in the colony.

Initially, Boris Becker served his sentence in the Wandsworth men’s colony in London. He was later transferred to Hestercombe, which is considered a prison for foreigners awaiting deportation.

Newspaper The Telegraph On December 7, she wrote that the early release of Boris Becker could be due to a reduction in the cost of maintaining the British colonies. Under local laws, foreigners serving sentences in the UK can be deported to their home country a year before release.

Boris Becker has lived in London since 2021. April 29, 2022 sentenced to two and a half years in prison. He was found guilty of hiding assets worth more than $ 2.51 million. The tennis player became bankrupt due to debts to private financiers Arbuthnot Latham & Co. He pleaded not guilty.

Boris Becker – winner of six Grand Slam tournaments, two-time Davis Cup winner, 1992 Olympic champion in doubles. In 1985 he became the youngest winner of the Wimbledon tournament. In 2003, he was elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

More about the situation – in the material “Kommersant” “Boris Becker is being prepared for departure”.

Lusine Balasyan