The accounts describe Becker looking crimson and shocked while reading the sentence, before taking his Puma bag and leading him away from the dock. Becker, who won six Grand Slam titles during his professional career, was declared bankrupt five years ago due to an unpaid loan of more than 3 3 million on his property in Spain. He was later accused of embezzling millions of pounds worth of assets, including two Wimbledon trophies, in an attempt to cover his debts. Local Leimen was acquitted of 20 charges but found guilty of four counts, including confiscation of property, two counts of failing to disclose property and concealing debt, by a court on April 8. He asserted that his confession had been obtained through torture and that his confession had been obtained through torture. Becker continued to insist that he had contacted managers to secure his assets and that he had acted on expert advice. However, his defense was eventually ignored and he will now be forced to spend the next 15 months behind bars and could be released on parole in July 2023 at the earliest. His financial woes came from a series of loans he took out to finance repairs to his Mallorca cottage. He found it difficult to deal with the consequences of his divorce from his first wife, as well as to send payments to support a child in love, while continuing to keep up with his expensive lifestyle. JUST IN: Victoria Azarenka demands punishment at Wimbledon for sanctions against Russia Becker had previously told the court that he planned to avert the threat of bankruptcy with the help of a hedge fund, but his hopes were dashed when he was hit by a Supreme Court ruling in 2017. He was later investigated for allegations that he hid two of his trophies in Wimbledon and that he had withdrawn money despite the bankruptcy process. The German, who was defended in court throughout his trial by his partner Lilian de Carvalho Monteiro, also faced allegations that he had not declared a number of properties in the United Kingdom and Germany. Becker’s defense attorney, Jonathan Lidlow, has pushed for a suspended sentence in a passionate final appeal for Deborah Taylor to be tried earlier Friday. “Boris Becker has literally nothing, and there is nothing, to show what was the most brilliant sports career, the terms like a tragedy,” he said. “His fall is not just a fall of grace and is tantamount to the most public humiliation of this man. DON’T MISS Bublik of Russian origin claims that Wimbledon has a “right” to exclude Zverev players “with tears” after the “worst game” in defending the title in Madrid, Emma Raducanu breaks the silence for the separation of the coach and describes a new priority “The degree of suffering – and it will continue – is the punishment that no one else in bankruptcy will ever experience in this country. The attention of the press and the deeply unattractive scenes outside this court, especially this morning, are proof of this. “This process completely ruined his career and deprived him of any future prospect of earning an income. His reputation, an essential part of the brand that gives him work, has collapsed. “He will not be able to find work and will have to rely on the charity of others if he wants to survive. Please suspend the prison sentence that you must inevitably impose on these offenses.” However, Lidlow’s appeal to save Becker from prison ultimately failed to convince the referee, despite his best efforts, with the tennis legend now spending the next two and a half years behind bars. FOLLOW OUR NEWS PAGE DAILY EXPRESS SPORT INSTAGRAM
