Boris Beker UK Prison: Tennis legend : German tennis star Boris Becker, 55, has been freed from a British prison, the government said on Thursday, meaning he is now expected to be deported from the country. In April, Becker, a six-times Grand Slam champion, was jailed for two years and six months by a London court for hiding hundreds of thousands of pounds of assets after he was declared bankrupt. Follow Tennis News and LIVE updates on InsideSport.IN
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“Any foreign national who is convicted of a crime and given a prison sentence is considered for deportation at the earliest opportunity,” the Home Office said in a statement while declining to comment directly on Becker’s case. Becker had previously been convicted of tax evasion in Germany in 2002, for which he received a suspended prison sentence.
Boris Beker UK Prison: Tennis legend Boris Becker set for DEPORTATION from UK after release from prison following tax evasion sentencing, Check Details:
The former tennis great had won his first Wimbledon final in 1985 aged 17 becoming the youngest and first unseeded player to claim the men’s singles title. He went on to two win more Wimbledon titles.
Becker had denied all the charges in relation to the London court proceedings, saying he had cooperated with the bankruptcy
proceedings – even offering up his wedding ring – and had relied on his advisers.
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