Boris Becker sentenced to 2,5 years in prison for hiding assets

Grand Slam champion Boris Becker has been jailed for two and a half years after hiding assets and debts worth more than £2.5 million after being declared bankrupt.

The three-time Wimbledon winner, 54, deliberately transferred money to family and associates when he ran aground financially in June 2017, successfully keeping £390,000 (€426,930) and the proceeds of a bank loan worth £1.1 million from his creditors.

He was convicted by a jury of four charges under the Insolvency Act, and was jailed on Friday by the Recorder of Westminster, Judge Deborah Taylor. Prosecutor Rebecca Chalkley said Becker deliberately concealed his assets and debts when he knew they should have been offered up to the bankruptcy proceedings:

“He deliberately and dishonestly removed money and transferred it to various third parties, with the intention of removing money from the estate and as a consequence away from recovery and their creditors”,

Becker is expected to serve at least half of the sentence in a prison setting.