Three-time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker jailed for two-and-a-half years
Three-time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker has been jailed for two-and-a-half years for hiding £2.5 million worth of assets and loans to avoid paying his debts.
Judge Deborah Taylor sentenced the six-time Grand Slam champion to two-and-a-half years imprisonment, of which he will serve half, at Southwark Crown Court on Friday. His barrister Jonathan Laidlaw QC said the tennis star’s “fall from grace” was “the most public humiliation”. However, Becker was found guilty of four charges, including removal of property, two counts of failing to disclose estate and concealing debt.
Becker was acquitted of 20 charges, including nine counts of failing to hand over trophies and medals from his tennis career.He said he did not know the whereabouts of the memorabilia, including the 1985 Wimbledon title that catapulted him to stardom, aged 17.
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