A London court has sentenced German tennis great Boris Becker to jail for two years and six months for hiding hundreds of thousands of pounds of assets after he was declared bankrupt.
Key points:
- Judge says Boris Becker will serve half his sentence behind bars and the remainder on licence
- Becker was previously convicted of tax evasion in Germany in 2002
- However, Becker was acquitted at this latest trial of 20 other counts
Becker was convicted earlier this month of four charges under Britain’s Insolvency Act, including failing to disclose, concealing and removing significant assets after a bankruptcy trial.
The 54-year-old, six-times grand slam champion was found guilty of transferring money to his ex-wife, Barbara, and estranged wife,…
