Will Boris Becker be back on the loose by Christmas?

Three-time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker is serving his sentence in the UK. He entered prison in April this year for two and a half years and has now completed one fifth of his sentence. But it is quite possible that the former German tennis player will go home early.

Becker can be released on application after half of his sentence for good behaviour. And according to recent reports, the former tennis player seems to be a really decent prisoner. Behind bars, he teaches fellow inmates yoga, how to work out properly and the principles of healthy eating.

“Boris is very popular with many prisoners. He works as an assistant prison fitness and psychology coach. Although he can normally make phone calls and communicate with the outside world, he definitely doesn’t want to stay there a day longer than necessary,” the iDnes website quoted Becker’s acquaintance, who was originally interviewed for Germany’s Der Bild, as saying.

However, let us recall the reason for the fifty-four-year-old tennis player’s stay in prison. Becker was convicted of obstructing insolvency proceedings.

The athlete had debts and sold some of his trophies to redeem them. Yet he avoided personal bankruptcy and transferred hundreds of thousands of pounds from his personal account to other accounts.

These included the accounts of his ex-wife Barbara and his then-wife Lilly, from whom he was divorcing. He also failed to take possession of a property in Germany, an €825,000 bank loan and a stake in a technology firm.

He was acquitted of some of the charges. For example, he failed to hand over most of his awards, including Wimbledon trophies and an Olympic gold medal. Becker defended himself by saying that he followed expert advice all along, cooperated fully with creditors and even offered them his wedding ring.

The tennis player hopes to be repatriated to Germany

Becker began serving time for his offences at Wandsworth Prison, which is near Wimbledon, but after just a month he was moved to a more lenient prison in Huntercombe, where he is expected to remain until his sentence expires.

However, it is not impossible that the former tennis star will be free before the end of this year.

Indeed, Becker hopes to be repatriated to Germany in the near future under Britain’s early deportation scheme. Under the more lenient German laws, he could then be released on parole.

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