Boris Becker was told by a prisoner that he would not use his throat during the clue in prison. Three times the Wimbledon champion was sentenced to two and a half years in prison at the end of April 2022 before he was released eight months later.
Becker is one of the most famous faces of men’s tennis, who won the title of Wimbledon for the first time at the age of 17 in 1985. The German continued to Clinh Silverware two times at All England Club, and the German victory in the 1991 and 1996 editions of the Australian Open in the 1989 US Open and the US Open and 1996 and 1996. In 1999, he retired from tennis and continued to work for BBC as a Pundite in Wimbledon and turned his hand into coaching. The legendary actor coached Novak Djokovic between 2013-2016 in a successful period for the Serbian star.
In 2017, Becker was declared bankrupt and had to legally explain all their assets to distribute the funds to their owed to their debt.
However, Southwark was found guilty for hiding £ $ 2.5 million for being sentenced to prison in Crown Court.
The 57 -year -old was locked in HMP Wandsworth for almost a month before being transferred to HMP Huntercombe, a prison for foreign nationals in Oxfordshire. He was deported to Germany after his release.
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Becker published a book called Inside, which details prison life experiences.
And during an interview TimesSix times the Grand Slam champion remembered the moment that the prisoner was faced with a new prisoner around his cell.
It turned out that the new prisoner was a convicted killer and told the tennis symbol: im I will cut your throat. I will kill you. ”
Becker, who was supported by friends during the terrible incident, added: “Fortunately, this happened at the end of what I stayed, so I had a security network around me.”
And recalling his first reaction to locking, Becker explained: “The first thing you hear is screaming by everyone and you don’t know why. I think someone killed themselves. I’m less afraid.
“You take concern attacks. You breathe faster, you start to cry because you are alone – nobody can help you.
“What happened to me like hell and ‘what happened to me? After all the life I have and the good things I have done, I’m HMP Wandsworth on Saturday evening?’
