Boris Becker sentence two and half years imprisonment in UK

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London: UK’s Southwark Crown Court in London sentenced two and a half years imprisonment to former tennis star Boris Becker on Friday, after being found guilty by a British Court of charges relating to his 2017 bankruptcy.

Boris Becker will serve half of the term having being convicted at Southwark Crown Court in London over his transfer of huge amounts of money from his business account.  He also failed to declare a property in Germany and concealed 825,000 Euros ($866,500) of debt and shares in a tech firm. He was acquitted earlier this month of a further 20 charges, including nine counts of failing to hand over trophies and medals he won during his glittering tennis career.

Becker told jurors he did not know the whereabouts of the memorabilia, including two of his three Wimbledon men’s singles trophies. Judge Deborah Taylor had released Becker who won Wimbledon as an unseeded teenager on conditional bail ahead of her sentencing decision on Friday.

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