german tennis player Boris Beckerthree-time Wimbledon champion released to be deported from England by plane after serving about 8 months in prison, as reported this Thursday by local news agency PA.
Becker, 55, was released after serving just eight months in prison. 2 1/2 years in prison sentenced last April for concealing £2.5m worth of assets and loans (2.9 million euro) to avoid paying debts.
The former number 1 in the world and former commentator for the British public television channel BBC, declared bankruptcy on 21 June 2017 and had debts amounting to nearly £50m (around €58m). With an outstanding loan of more than 3 million TL (3.4 million euro) for a property he owns in Mallorca (Spain).
Becker, who has been residing in the country since 2012, was transferred from Wandsworth prison in southwest London from Oxfordshire to Huntercombe prison near Henley-on-Thames, England, according to the aforementioned British agency. a lower-security penal facility for delinquent aliens awaiting deportation.
Six-time Grand Slam champion qualifies for youno automatic expulsion because you are a foreigner in this country without British citizenship.