German tennis star Boris Becker, who won six Grand Slam titles and earned £ 39m ($ 50m) during his career, has been accused of violating the conditions of bankruptcy for two and a half years by a London judge. I was imprisoned.
Becker, 54, went bankrupt in 2017, but was convicted earlier this month for two failed real estate disclosures and debt concealment and one asset deletion under UK bankruptcy law. rice field.
On April 29, he appeared in Southwark’s Crown Court and was imprisoned by Judge Deborah Taylor for two and a half years.
In the same court case, I heard that he sent hundreds of thousands of pounds from his business account and did not declare his property in his hometown of Leimen in the Rhine Valley, Germany.
Becker, who won three Wimbledon titles and was a regular BBC commentator, was also convicted of concealing a € 825,000 (£ 700,000 / $ 869,000) bank loan and 75,000 shares of an IT company.
The biggest decision he faced was seven years.
Becker’s lawyer, Jonathan Laidlaw QC, was sentenced to a suspended sentence and said at a hearing: It’s a tragedy. “
However, prosecutor Rebecca Chalkley said, “I was playing the system maliciously.”
Becker, whose girlfriend Lillian de Carvalho Monteiro and his son Noah accompanied him to court, was convicted of tax evasion in Germany in 2002 and attempted to evade tax.
He earned money during his career in Southwark’s Crown Court trial, divorcing his first wife Barbara Becker, paying child support, and spending £ on a house near the famous Wimbledon tennis court. He said he was swallowed by “expensive lifestyle promises” including borrowing. 22,000 ($ 27,600) per month.
Becker has been living in the UK since 2012 and was declared bankrupt in June 2017 with an unpaid £ 3 million ($ 3.77 million) loan to his property on Mallorca, Spain.
He claimed to have worked with the bankruptcy trustee on his property and said he had lost his tennis trophies and medals. He was acquitted in Southwark’s trial for 20 other charges, some of which were related to the missing trophy.
Becker won his first Wimbledon title at the age of 17, and then won two more Championships, two Australian Open and a National Open at the All England Club. He stopped playing in 1999.
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Chris Summers is a UK-based journalist with a particular interest in crime, police and law, covering stories from a wide range of countries.