Boris Becker befriended a team of grizzled “bodyguards” to help protect him behind bars, the former Wimbledon champ has revealed. He spent eight months behind bars in April 2022 Boris Becker has revealed how he made friends with fearsome drug lords inside prison (Image: AFP via Getty Images)

Boris Becker has revealed how he befriended a cocaine kingpin and an Albanian killer to help protect him in jail. ‌

The tennis ace was caged in April 2022 after being found guilty of hiding £2.5million during a bankruptcy proceeding. ‌

The 57-year-old - who served eight months of his two-and-a-half-year sentence – has told how he spent his days terrified of fellow inmates. ‌

Boris was left shaken by the “screaming, fear and freezing” and “mould-infested cells” of Wandsworth prison.

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