The Sextle Winner of Grand Chelem tournament, which was found guilty of having hidden 2.5 million pounds sterling of assets and loans to avoid paying your debts, will be incarcerated.
Le Monde with AFP
The former German tennis player Boris Becker was sentenced on Friday April 29, to two and a half years in prison by the British justice for four charges linked to his personal bankruptcy. 54 years old, he will be incarcerated after being found guilty, on April 8, to have hidden 2.5 million pounds sterling (3 million euros) of assets and loans to avoid paying his debts.
The Sextle Winner of Grand Chelem tournament, declared bankrupt in 2017, risked up to seven years in prison for each of the offenses held against him by the popular jury of the Southwark Crown Court, in London: a chief of ” Withdrawal of goods “, two of” non-divulgation of goods “and one of” debt concealment “.
Boris Becker has lived in the United Kingdom since 2012. He has accused him of having transferred hundreds of thousands of sterling books from a professional account to other accounts, in particular his old wives, for not having declared A property in Germany and to have hidden a loan of 825,000 euros and shares in a company. The prosecutor Rebecca Chalkley had accused him of having used a professional account as a “piggy bank” for everyday expenses or the tuition fees of his children.
Boris Becker, who disputes all the charges, was acquitted of twenty other charges, including those who concerned the disappearance of his trophies. During the hearing, he had assured that he was unaware where they were.
up to 50 million pounds sterling of debts
Among the nine distinctions on which the creditors would have liked to put their hands are two of its three cuts won at Wimbledon, two trophies of the Australian Open and its gold medal from the Double at the 1992 Olympic Games. ‘Former world number 1 said, during the trial held from March 21 to April 8, still having in his possession of “many” awards and memories raised in fifteen years on the circuit, but some have disappeared. He had already sold part of his auctions for 700,000 pounds (835,000 euros) in order to mop part of his debts.
At the time of his bankruptcy, the player’s debts were estimated up to 50 million pounds sterling (59.5 million euros).