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Daily Mirror
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Liam Llewellyn

Boris Becker ‘complains about prison food’ as tennis star shocked by lack of hygiene

Tennis legend Boris Becker is reported to have complained about the food and lack of hygiene in prison. The German is spending time behind bars at Wandsworth prison after he was sentenced to two and a half years inside for hiding assets during bankruptcy proceedings.

However, Becker is expected to spend just 15 months locked up, and serve the rest of his time on licence. Prison sources say he is struggling to adapt to the food on offer, or lack thereof as he is using his £10 weekly allowance to top up meals with chocolate, biscuits and bananas from the canteen.

They also mentioned he found the overcrowding difficult to adjust to as well as suffering from a lack of sleep in his six square metre cell. A source told the Sun: “He is having a rough time and the worst thing of all is the food.

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