Tennis star Boris Becker is starting a jail term after hiding £2.5m worth of assets and loans to avoid paying debts.
The 54 year old, who has won a total of six Grand Slams and is believed to have earned £38m during his playing career, was handed a two and a half year jail term at Southwark Crown Court last week. His career came crashing down after crimes linked to his 2017 bankruptcy and he was found guilty of four charges of the Insolvency Act last year.
Jurors found he hid assets from trustees despite being obliged to reveal them in order to pay his debts. Despite pleas from his lawyers about the effect a jail term could have on him and his family, Judge Deborah Taylor told Becker he had shown “no humility” after being found guilty of such a serious crime and jailed him.
