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Boris Becker transferred to lower security prison

2022-05-23T19:29:09.124Z


His old prison had a bad reputation, in the new one there should be opportunities for further training: After only a short time, ex-tennis professional Boris Becker was taken to a prison near London.


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Boris Becker: he was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for bankruptcy offences

Photo: Frank Augstein / dpa

After a good three weeks in prison, the convicted ex-tennis professional Boris Becker was transferred to a prison with a lower security level in Great Britain.

The 54-year-old was taken to Huntercombe prison in Nuffield, around 70 kilometers west of London, on Monday, Becker's lawyer Christian-Oliver Moser confirmed to the dpa news agency.

Zunächst hatten die Sender ARD und RTL berichtet. Die ersten Wochen seiner Haftstrafe hatte Becker im Londoner Gefängnis Wandsworth abgesessen, das für Überfüllung, Gewalt und schlechte hygienische Zustände bekannt ist.

Das Huntercombe Prison hat eine niedrigere Sicherheitsstufe und ist nach Angaben der britischen Regierung speziell für ausländische Männer vorgesehen. Rund 480 Männer sollen dort der Internetseite zufolge in Einzel- sowie Gemeinschaftszellen leben. Die Insassen sollen außerdem die Möglichkeit haben, sich weiterzubilden und Sport zu treiben.

Becker was sentenced to two and a half years in prison in London at the end of April.

He had concealed assets worth millions from his insolvency administrators.

His lawyer recently dismissed rumors that Becker complained about the food or pressed an emergency button at Wandsworth prison.

He was doing well given the circumstances, it said.

ani/dpa

Source: spiegel

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