JAILED former tennis ace Boris Becker will be deported to Germany in time for Christmas.
He has been approved for a fast-track scheme under which foreign cons are sent to their home countries to ease the pressure on British prisons.
The ex- Wimbledon champ, 54, was sentenced to two and a half years in April for hiding £2.5million in assets while bankrupt but sources say he will walk free next month.
One prison source said: “He’s been signed up to a scheme that means he’ll be home in time for Christmas .”;
The disgraced star has spent seven months in Huntercomb prison , Oxon.
But he has been accepted on to the early release scheme which allows “any foreign national serving a fixed sentence who is liable for removal from the UK to be removed from prison and deported up to 12 months before the earliest release point of their sentence”;.
Offenders benefit by cutting up to 135 days from their sentences if they agree to go home.
His former spokesman said: “We are pleased for Boris that he may qualify for an early release and be able to travel to Germany , albeit England has been his home for many, many years.
“I’m sure it will mean a lot to him and his family to be reunited for Christmas.”;
A Home Office spokesman said: “Any foreign national who is convicted of a crime and given a prison sentence is considered for deportation at the earliest opportunity.”;
