The former tennis champion was expected to begin his sentence at Wandsworth, the Victorian-era jail only two miles from Centre Court at Wimbledon. The Category B secure jail was described as “crumbling, overcrowded, [and] vermin-infested”
Boris Becker, wearing his Wimbledon tie, was accompanied by his girlfriend Lilian De Carvalho Monteiro at Southwark crown court. He will be locked in his cell at Wandsworth prison for 16 to 18 hours a dayWhen the door closed on Boris Becker’s cell yesterday, it would have marked the start of the loneliest night of his life.
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