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Former legendary tennis champion Boris Becker was sentenced today to two and a half years in prison by a court in London for hiding assets of 2.5 million pounds in order to avoid paying off debts, write the media.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The 54-year-old German winner of six major sports championships has been found guilty of four counts of debt repayment law.<\/p>\n
The lawsuit focused on Becker filing for bankruptcy in June 2017 from an outstanding debt of more than milion\u00eb 3 million for his luxury property in Mallorca, Spain.<\/p>\n
Judge Deborah Taylor said Becker did not show remorse or plead guilty.<\/p>\n
Referring to a previous Becker case of tax evasion in Germany in 2002, she said: “You did not heed the warnings and the opportunities they gave you, and this is an aggravating factor.”<\/p>\n
“You have sought to distance yourself from your violations and bankruptcy.”<\/p>\n
Earlier this month Becker pleaded guilty to property evasion, concealment of assets and debt.<\/p>\n
About 20 other similar charges fell through, including refusing to hand over trophies and medals won during his career.<\/p>\n
The jury found Becker guilty of failing to declare his stake in a 1 1m property in the German city of Leimen, hiding a 700 700,000 bank loan for that house, as well as shares in a technology company.<\/p>\n
Becker’s lawyer, Jonathan Laidlaw, said the trial had damaged his reputation: “Boris Becker has nothing left of his great sporting career and it is no less than a tragedy. “This process has ruined his reputation and his chances of earning money.”<\/p>\n
Despite about $ 50 million in career gains, Becker says his income was reduced after he stopped playing tennis in 1999 and after a costly divorce from his first wife and child pensions.<\/p>\n
Boris Becker became an international tennis star at the age of 17 in 1985 when he became the youngest athlete to win Wimbledon.<\/p>\n
Since then he has won many titles until retiring from the sport played in 1999, when he started commenting on the Wimbledon championship on the BBC.<\/p>\n
The father of four has been living in London since 2012.<\/p>\n
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