London, England – German tennis player Boris BeckerThe three-time Wimbledon champion has been released after nearly 8 months in prison and will be deported by plane from the UK, the local Palestinian news agency reported Thursday.
Baker, 55, was released after serving only eight months in prison of a 2.5-year sentence he was sentenced to last April for concealing assets and loans worth 2.5 million Egyptian pounds ($3 million) to prevent debts from being paid off.
The former world number 1 and former commentator for the British public broadcaster BBC declared bankruptcy on June 21, 2017, with debts of nearly £50 million (approximately €60 million) related to an unsecured loan. Paying more than £3 million (€3.6 million). ) about a property he owns in Mallorca (Spain).
According to the aforementioned British agency, Baker, who has been resident in this country since 2012, was transferred from Wandsworth Prison, in southwest London, to Hanercombe Prison, near the town of Henley-on-Thames, in the English county. A low-security prison for foreign criminals awaiting deportation.
The six-time Grand Slam champion qualifies for automatic deportation because he is a foreign national of this country without British citizenship.
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