Boris Becker feared attack in UK jail but learned lesson

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Speaking to Sat 1 host Steven Gätjen, Becker revealed how he had been attacked while in jail.
IMAGE SOURCE: SAT.1/NADINE RUPP

 

By Paul Kirby
BBC News

Less than a week after former Grand Slam tennis champion Boris Becker was freed after serving seven and a half months in a UK jail, he has spoken of his loneliness, his fears and the lessons he learned behind bars.

 

In a lengthy and at times emotional one-on-one German TV interview, he revealed he had learned a hard, painful and very expensive lesson and rediscovered the person he once was: "But the whole experience also taught me something important and good. And some things happen for a good reason."

 

Becker, 55, was jailed last April for two and a half years for hiding £2.5m (€2.9m; $3m) of his assets and loans to avoid paying his creditors. He was declared bankrupt in 2017 with debts of almost £50m because of an unpaid loan of more than £3m on his Spanish estate in Majorca.

 

Full story: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64049421

 

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[Purdey]

Weird. They all think they're smarter than the law and after they get caught they have learned a lesson.

Don't do the crime of you can't do the time.

[Aussieroaming]

I'll bet that he still has a crust or two salted away.