"Comfortable job" for Boris Becker in prison: other prisoners apparently angry
Created: 07/15/2022Updated: 07/15/2022 07:04
By: Alexander Kaindl
Boris Becker is serving his prison sentence.
Now he's got a new job at HMP Huntercombe - which other prisoners don't seem to like at all.
London – It has become quiet around Boris Becker.
The German tennis legend is in prison near London. At the end of April, the 54-year-old was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for concealing assets in his bankruptcy proceedings.
There were countless reactions from sports and show business immediately after the trial - most of them positive, encouraging.
Long-time companions worried about Becker, after all they knew about the hard everyday life in English prisons.
In the meantime, Becker has been transferred to a new institution, and there is even speculation as to whether he will soon be able to serve out his sentence in Germany.
"Comfortable job" for Boris Becker in prison: other prisoners apparently angry
Until then, Becker can at least devote himself to his old passion - at least in theory: sport.
As the
Sun
now reports, Becker should act as a sports science teacher in prison.
The newspaper calls it a "cushy job".
The problem: Other prisoners from the HMP Huntercombe near London are said to have complained that Becker got the job so quickly.
What's more, according to the
Sun
, their families have even written letters to the governor expressing their incomprehension.
Boris Becker was sentenced to two and a half years in prison.
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Boris Becker teaches sports science in prison: "It takes years to get this job"
A source told the paper: "It usually takes years to get this job.
It is seen as a privilege.
But Becker received it just a few weeks after his imprisonment.
There is a lot of resentment about this and letters of grievance have been written by the families of some prisoners.”
Becker teaches sports theory, exercise, and nutrition in a prison classroom that has a high proportion of foreign inmates.
Of course he knows about it.
Becker has won six Grand Slam titles, worked for a long time after his active career as a coach, including for Wimbledon triumphant Novak Djokovic, or as a tennis expert on television.
As the person in charge of a prison, one is of course happy to introduce such a teacher - even if other prisoners do not particularly like it.
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