Boris Becker lined up for cushy role as prison gym instructor after being jailed for 2.5 years
BORIS Becker is being lined up for a cushy role as a jail gym instructor.
The ex-Wimbledon champ may even teach lags “paddle tennis” — popular in prison and played with softer balls.
Becker, 54, has spent an induction weekend at Wandsworth Prison in South West London, where he was sent for 2½ years on Friday for a £2.5million fraud.
Former governor Jerry Petherick said he would make an ideal gym teacher.
He told The Sun: “Gyms are very popular in prisons. It’s a job a lot of prisoners want.”
But he warned that officers “would not want to show any signs of favouritism”.
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Inmates have yet to see Becker at the Category B jail, which is close to Wimbledon.
A mother who visited yesterday said: “There was a rumour he brought a tennis ball so he could throw it off the wall all day, like the Great Escape.”
The German, who hid millions after going bankrupt, is likely to serve 15 months but may move at some point.
A friend of one inmate said he is unlikely to get a “rough time”, adding: “I’m sure most don’t think he’s done much wrong.”
