Boris Becker

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 ...

He went on to two win more Wimbledon titles. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story 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.

Three-time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker is released from British prison and will now be deported back to Germany having been jailed earlier this year for ...

Becker was found guilty of transferring hundreds of thousands of pounds to other accounts, including that of his ex-wife and estranged wife, as well as failing to declare a property in Germany and hiding a bank loan worth almost £700,000 and shares in a tech firm. The 55-year-old three-time Wimbledon champion was jailed for two-and-a-half years in April for hiding £2.5m of assets and loans to avoid paying his debts. Three-time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker is released from British prison and will now be deported back to Germany having been jailed earlier this year for hiding assets to avoid paying debts.

Boris Becker has been freed from prison after serving just eight months of his sentence and now faces deportation from the UK.

The 55-year-old German, who has lived in the UK since 2012, was expected to serve half of his sentence behind bars but was released on Thursday morning and is due on a flight to be deported from the UK, the PA news agency understands. The former world number one and BBC commentator was declared bankrupt on June 21, 2017 – owing creditors almost £50m – over an unpaid loan of more than £3m on his estate in Majorca. The three-time Wimbledon champion was jailed for two-and-a-half years in April for hiding £2.5million of assets and loans to avoid paying his debts.

London (AP) -- British news agency Press Association reports that German tennis legend Boris Becker has been freed from prison after serving eight months of ...

The German tennis legend was sentenced to 30 months in April but was freed early. He's denied hiding some $3.1 million in assets to avoid paying debts.

He went on to win two more at the storied British court. The eventual six-time Grand Slam champion rose to stardom in 1985 at the age of 17 when he became the first unseeded player to win the Wimbledon singles title. [sentenced to 30 months in prison in April](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/boris-becker-trial-sentencing-prison-bankruptcy-offenses/) for illicitly transferring large amounts of money and hiding assets after he was declared bankrupt.

The three-time Wimbledon champion was jailed for two-and-a-half years in April.

The 55-year-old German, who has lived in the UK since 2012, was expected to serve half of his sentence behind bars but was released on Thursday morning and is due on a flight to be deported from the UK, the PA news agency understands. The former world number one and BBC commentator was declared bankrupt on June 21, 2017 – owing creditors almost £50m – over an unpaid loan of more than £3m on his estate in Majorca. The three-time Wimbledon champion was jailed for two-and-a-half years in April for hiding £2.5million of assets and loans to avoid paying his debts.

Former Wimbledon champion was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for hiding assets to avoid paying debts.

The German (55), who has lived in the UK since 2012, was expected to serve half of his sentence behind bars but was released on Thursday morning and is due on a flight to be deported from the UK, it is understood. The former world number one and BBC commentator was declared bankrupt on June 21st, 2017 – owing creditors almost £50 million – over an unpaid loan of more than £3 million on his estate in Majorca. The three-time Wimbledon champion was jailed for two-and-a-half years in April for hiding £2.5 million (€2.9 million) of assets and loans to avoid paying his debts.

In April, Becker was found guilty of four charges relating to his 2017 bankruptcy case under the Insolvency Act and was sentenced by Judge Deborah Taylor at ...

He was originally due to serve half his sentence in jail. Becker was released from a UK prison after serving just eight months of his sentence and had been due to be deported from the UK, PA Media reported on Thursday. [Boris Becker](http://www.cnn.com/2022/04/29/tennis/boris-becker-jail-sentence-bankruptcy-spt-intl/index.html) has left for Germany after serving just eight months of his sentence in the UK, his lawyer said on Thursday, after UK media reported he had been released from custody and was due to be deported.

Boris Becker has been released from prison, according to reports in the UK media, and is now set to be deported to Germany.

The two-part feature will be aired on Apple TV+ , and is directed by Alex Gibney and John Battsek. Becker’s former mentor Ion Tiriac had spoken to L’Equipe in June and said then that the German had hoped to be released by the end of the year. He is now set to be deported to Germany now that he has completed eight months of the two-and-a-half year sentence he received under the Insolvency Act, for hiding assets after declaring bankruptcy in 2017.

Boris Becker has been freed from prison after serving just eight months of his sentence and now faces deportation from the UK. The three-time Wimbledon ...

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Disgraced former tennis superstar Boris Becker is due back in Germany after being deported following his release from a British prison where he served a ...

Just before he was sentenced, an emotional Becker admitted he had hit rock bottom. I'm not going to hide or run away. But added: "I will face it. While I accept your humiliation as part of the proceedings, there has been no humility," she said. Nicknamed "Boom Boom" Becker for his ferocious serve, he repeated the feat the following year and won a third title in 1989. News magazine Der Spiegel said Becker landed in Munich in the afternoon on a chartered private plane but later withdrew the report, saying that he had not been on board although he was on the passenger list.