London, Dec 15, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – Three-time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker, has been freed from prison after serving just eight months of his sentence, and now faces deportation from Britain.
The three-time Wimbledon champion was jailed for two-and-a-half years in April, for hiding ÂŁ2.5 million ($2.9 million) of assets and loans, to avoid paying his debts.
The former world number one and BBC commentator, was declared bankrupt on June 21 2017, owing creditors almost ÂŁ50 million, over an unpaid loan of more than ÂŁ3 million on his estate in Majorca.
The 55-year-old German, who has lived in Britain since 2012, was expected to serve half of his sentence behind bars, but was released on Thursday morning and is due on a flight to be deported from Britain, the PA news agency understands.
He is thought to have been transferred to a lower security jail for foreign criminals, awaiting deportation in May Category C Huntercombe Prison near Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire, after previously reportedly being held at Category B Wandsworth Prison in south-west London.
The six-time Grand Slam champion, qualified for automatic deportation because he is a foreign national, who does not have British citizenship and received a custodial sentence of more than 12 months.
GNA