Three-time Wimbledon champion released after eight months of two-and-a-half-year sentence
The three-time Wimbledon championThe 55-year-old German, who has lived in the UK since 2012, was released on Thursday after serving eight months of a two-and-a-half-year sentence.in April for hiding £2.5m of assets and loans to avoid paying his debts.
The former world No 1 tennis player and BBC commentator has been deported because he is a foreign national without British citizenship who received a custodial sentence of more than 12 months. Becker will not be allowed to apply to enter the UK for 10 years.suggested Becker had been flown to Germany on a private jet paid for by a TV company that has reportedly paid him a six-figure fee for his story. His mother has spoken of her delight over his expected return to his home country.
He was declared bankrupt on 21 June 2017 – owing creditors almost £50m – over an unpaid loan of more than £3m on his estate in Mallorca.
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