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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lizzie Dearden

Home Office ‘could try to deport Boris Becker’ after prison term

PA Wire

The Home Office could attempt to deport Boris Becker from the UK under a law targeting foreign offenders, immigration lawyers have said.

The former Wimbledon champion was given a two-and-a-half year prison sentence last month for hiding assets to avoid paying debts.

Becker has lived in the UK for a decade but is not believed to hold British citizenship, meaning he could be subject to legislation targeting foreign national offenders.

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