Xtra Time Net Desk: German tennis legend Boris Becker was on Friday convicted by a London court docket and was sentenced to 2 and half years in jail. The 54-year-old tennis star was discovered responsible of hiding a whole bunch of hundreds of kilos of property after he was declared bankrupt.
The six-time Grand Slam champion was convicted earlier this month of 4 expenses beneath Britain’s Insolvency Act, together with failing to reveal, concealing, and eradicating important property following a chapter trial.
Becker was the primary unseeded participant to win Wimbledon when he achieved the beautiful feat as a 17-year-old in 1985. The three-time Wimbledon champion has been residing in Britain since 2012. Becker was discovered responsible of transferring 427,00 (£356,000) to 9 recipients, which included the financial institution accounts of his ex-wife Barbara and his estranged spouse Sharley “Lilly” Becker.
He was additionally convicted of failing to declare a property in Germany in addition to hiding an 825,000-bank mortgage and shares in a tech agency.
