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Six-time Grand Slam winner and former world number one, German Boris Becker, spoke about his eight months in a British prison in 2022.
İdman.biz reports that in April 2022, Becker was sentenced to two and a half years in prison by a London court for financial fraud. He spent a total of 231 days behind bars and was released early and deported to Germany.
"I will never fully recover from that moment. Prisons are run by prisoners, not guards. I lost 7 kilos in four weeks. Stress, no food, no sweets, no alcohol... It was freezing cold in the cell, it was a nightmare. I slept in a tracksuit, two jackets, two pairs of socks, with a towel on my head.
Gambling was stupid and reckless, and I owed Romanian prisoners 700 euros. Then they came to my cell and threatened to beat me if I didn't pay the money. If it hadn't been for the help of a friend who paid off the debt by transfer, I would be a different person today. This experience affected me a lot. I will keep this memory for the rest of my life," Becker said.
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