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

Law states that foreign nationals with prison sentences over 12 months can be deported

Boris Becker was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in jail at Southwark Crown Court (Kirsty O’Connor/PA) (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.