Judge Deborah Taylor introduced the sentence after listening to arguments from each the prosecutor and Becker’s lawyer.
The 54-year-old German was discovered to have transferred tons of of 1000’s of kilos after his June 2017 chapter from his enterprise account to different accounts, together with these of his ex-wife Barbara and estranged spouse Sharlely “Lilly” Becker.
Becker was additionally convicted of failing to declare a property in Germany and hiding an €825,000 ($1.22 million) financial institution mortgage and shares in a tech agency.
The jury at Southwark Crown Court in London acquitted him on 20 different counts, together with costs that he failed handy over his many awards, together with two Wimbledon trophies and an Olympic gold medal.
Becker, carrying a striped tie in Wimbledon’s purple and inexperienced colors, walked into the courthouse hand in hand with girlfriend Lilian de Carvalho Monteiro.
The six-time Grand Slam champion has denied all the costs, saying he had cooperated with trustees tasked with securing his property — even providing up his wedding ceremony ring — and had acted on knowledgeable recommendation.
At Friday’s sentencing listening to, prosecutor Rebecca Chalkley mentioned Becker had acted “deliberately and dishonestly” and that he was “still seeking to blame others”.
Defence attorney Jonathan Laidlaw argued for leniency, saying his client hadn’t spent money on a “lavish lifestyle” however somewhat on little one help, lease and authorized and enterprise bills. Becker, he informed the court docket, has skilled “public humiliation” and has no future earnings potential.
Becker’s bankruptcy stemmed from a €4.6 million ($6.83 million) loan from a private bank in 2013, as well as about US$1.6 million ($2.25 million) borrowed from a British businessman the year after, according to testimony at the trial.
During the trial Becker, said his US$50 million ($70.41 million) career earnings had been swallowed up by payments for an “expensive divorce” and debts when he lost large chunks of his income after retirement.
Becker rose to stardom in 1985 at the age of 17 when he became the first unseeded player to win the Wimbledon singles title and later rose to the No.1 ranking.
He has lived in Britain since 2012.
