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Boris Becker: UK prison sentence was ‘brutal’ experience

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Three-times Wimbledon champion describes eight months in jail as ‘very, very different experience to what you see in the movies’

Boris Becker has spoken of his “brutal” prison experience in the UK, adding that during his incarceration he had to surround himself with “tough boys” for protection.

The three-times Wimbledon men’s singles champion served eight months of his two-and-a-half-year sentence for hiding £2.5m of assets and loans in a bankruptcy fraud case. He was released from prison in December and deported from the UK.

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‘I was a nobody’: Boris Becker gives first interview since leaving UK prison

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Former Wimbledon champion tells German broadcaster he learned a hard lesson and experience was ‘worthwhile’

Boris Becker has given his first interview since leaving prison in the UK and being deported back to Germany earlier this week, telling German viewers: “In prison I was a nobody.”

The former Wimbledon champion, appearing slimmed down and sporting a new hair colour and style, told the broadcaster Sat 1 that as an inmate he was not called by his first name, and “no one gave a shit” about his champion status.

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Slimmed down Boris Becker reportedly teaching yoga in prison

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Former Wimbledon champion trains at Huntercombe prison where he is serving time for hiding assets, German tabloid reports

Boris Becker is reported to have lost weight and won friends in the UK prison where he is serving a sentence related to his 2017 bankruptcy, according to a German newspaper.

The former Wimbledon champion was transferred from Wandsworth prison to Huntercombe prison near Nuffield, Oxfordshire, in May. In April he was jailed for two and a half years for concealing £2.5m of assets to avoid paying money he owed after his bankruptcy.

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