“My Christmas present” – Corriere.it

I wonder if he’s still wearing his green and purple Wimbledon tie. Boris Becker was releasedreleased today from prison in England where he was imprisoned for fraudulent bankruptcy and undeclared assets to the tax authorities: he will be extradited to Germany, where he will spend the last twelve months of his sentence under conditional release. He will go to Leimen, the small village overlooking France where he was born. There still lives her mother Elvira, 87, who apparently confessed to her friends: This is the best Christmas present I could hope for. I can’t wait to hold my beloved son in my arms. Boris has already arranged an expensive interview with a Munich TV stationin which he will tell what he has experienced in recent months. Also included in the price is the return to Germany aboard a private jet, at the expense of the television.

Because Becker was released

Boris has benefited from a rule of the English judicial system that, to empty the prisons and save money for the state coffers, allows the extradition of foreign prisoners to their country of origin. A reduction of the sentence which 1,136 foreign prisoners already benefited from last year. Although she had lived in the UK since 2012, Becker was able to take advantage of the relief because she never took British citizenship.

In prison in dark cells with rats

Boris, 55 years old on 22 November, returns to Germany after a difficult period. The winner of six Grand Slam titles including Wimbledon as a 17-year-old in 1985 tripped over his mistakes. The Wimbledon tie hearingsymbol of that lost but never forgotten glory, the sentence to two and a half years in prison for having stolen 3 million euros from the British tax authorities. She’s seen a lot. Harsh Wandsworth Jail (dark, dank, overcrowded, rat-infested cells), then moved to Huntercombe, Oxfordshire. A prison, the latter, for mostly foreign and low-risk prisoners, guilty of administrative crimes or crimes against property. Here she turned the page, taught gymnastics and meditation, was able to watch television and use her cell phone.

By private jet to mother Elvira

Now the extradition, the new chapter in its history. He will have to finish serving his sentence, he will be able to do it at home, surrounded by his loved ones. A family friend, writes the Daily mailhe told that mother Elvira delighted that she is returning home. For her, having Boris out of prison is a dream, and even better that it happens in time for Christmas. Given her and her age, he wondered when she would be able to see her son again. I could do it soon, Boris is leaving England aboard the jet paid for by German TV. Then, maybe, I can start moving on.