Boris Becker heads to Harrods before facing possible prison sentence for fraud

The previous world primary and BBC commentator was seen purchasing on the eve of doubtless being despatched to jail (Image: Splash/Rex)

Tennis legend Boris Becker might be jailed for hiding lots of of hundreds of kilos from debtors later right now.

The three-time Wimbledon champion was discovered responsible of not correctly declaring cash and belongings when he was made bankrupt in 2017.

He was pictured heading to Harrods on the eve of his sentence having beforehand admitted to blowing a fortune.

Earnings of round £38 million from his high-flying tennis profession have been swallowed up by an costly divorce, baby upkeep funds and ‘costly life-style commitments’, he informed jurors throughout his trial.

The 54-year-old beforehand mentioned he was ‘shocked’ and ‘embarrassed’ when he was made bankrupt over an unpaid £3 million mortgage on his Mallorca property.

He was photographed spending what might be his final day of freedom by visiting Harrods and a council property in Notting Hill, based on The Instances.

The paper reported he spent an hour inside a property earlier than taking a taxi to a non-public entrance on the upmarket division retailer, the place he emerged with a big hold-all bag.

He was pictured coming into a non-public aspect entrance to the costly division retailer (Image: Splash)

Its report mentioned ‘a closely tattooed man sporting a black vest who opened the door of the flat declined to remark’ as to why Mr Becker had visited the property.

A courtroom discovered he hid nearly £700,000 and shares in a tech agency, moved cash from his enterprise accounts and didn’t declare a house in Leimen, Germany.

Every of the 4 offences Mr Becker was convicted carry a most sentence of seven years.

He has a earlier conviction for tax evasion and tried tax evasion in Germany in 2002.

Mr Becker beforehand claimed he had co-operated with trustees tasked with securing his belongings, even providing up his marriage ceremony ring, and relied on the advisers who managed his life.

He was additionally pictured visiting a flat in Notting Hill on what might be his remaining day of freedom (Image: REX/Shutterstock)

The courtroom heard Becker acquired about £950,000 from the sale of a Mercedes automotive dealership he owned in Germany, which was paid right into a enterprise account used as a ‘piggy financial institution’ for his private bills.

Becker was discovered responsible of transferring £356,000 to 9 recipients, together with the accounts of his ex-wife Barbara and estranged spouse Sharlely ‘Lilly’ Becker, the mom of his fourth baby.

He was additional convicted of failing to declare a property in his house city of Leimen, hiding an nearly £700,000 financial institution mortgage on the home in addition to 75,000 shares in tech agency Breaking Information Corp.

Mr Becker shall be sentence at Southwark Crown Court docket this afternoon by decide Deborah Taylor.

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