Boris Becker set for deportation after being freed from jail in UK – reports

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The three-time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker has been freed from jail and will be deported from the UK, according to reports.

The PA Media news agency reported that Becker had been freed from prison after serving just eight months of his sentence.

The 55-year-old German, who has lived in the UK since 2012, was expected to serve half of his sentence behind bars but was released on Thursday and is due on a flight to be deported from the UK, the agency reported.

The six-time grand slam champion qualified for automatic deportation because he is a foreign national who does not have British citizenship and received a custodial sentence of more than 12 months.

Becker was jailed for two-and-a-half years in April for hiding ?2.5m of assets and loans to avoid paying his debts.

He is thought to have been transferred to a lower-security jail for foreign criminals awaiting deportation in May – category-C Huntercombe prison near Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire – after previously reportedly being held at category-B Wandsworth prison in south-west London.

The former world number one and BBC commentator was declared bankrupt on 21 June 2017 – owing creditors almost ?50m – over an unpaid loan of more than ?3m on his estate in Mallorca.

More details soon …