Boris Becker Jailed For 2.5 Years After 2017 Bankruptcy

Tennis star Boris Becker has been jailed for two and a half years after hiding millions of pounds when he went bankrupt in 2017.

The three-time Wimbledon winner and BBC pundit, 54, was found guilty of flouting insolvency rules by concealing more than £2.5million in cash, shares and property.

Wearing a green-and-purple Wimbledon tie with a grey suit and black Puma trainers, Becker looked tired and forlorn as he was led down to the cells at London’s Southwark Crown Court this afternoon.

Jailing him, Judge Deborah Taylor said: “The obligation was on you to disclose these assets but you did not.

“I take into account your fall from grace. You’ve lost your career, reputation and all your properties.

“However, you have shown no remorse.

She jailed Becker for two years and six months for removal of property, plus 18 months each for three other charges of failing to disclose assets, to run concurrently.

He will serve half his sentence, around 15 months.

Becker clutched a Puma duffle bag packed with clothes and belongings for his time behind bars and spoke only to confirm his name during his sentencing hearing yesterday.

Prosecutor Rebecca Chalkley said Becker “moved money and property quickly before it could be disclosed or discovered” after he was declared bankrupt.

The former world number one was declared bankrupt on June 21 2017 over an unpaid loan of more than £3million on his estate in Majorca, Spain.

He claimed he had cooperated with trustees tasked with securing his assets, even offering up his wedding ring, and said he had acted on expert advice.