Boris Becker 'acted dishonestly' when he failed to hand over trophies, jury told

Six-time Grand Slam champion Boris Becker "acted dishonestly" when he failed to hand over nine trophies and medals, including two Wimbledon titles, from his tennis career to pay his debts, a court has heard.

The 54-year-old commentator was declared bankrupt in June 2017 after borrowing around €4.2m from private bank Arbuthnot Latham for a property in Mallorca, Spain, known as the Finca, a jury heard.

German national Becker is accused of hiding or failing to hand over assets before and after his bankruptcy and is on trial at Southwark Crown Court charged with 24 counts under the Insolvency Act relating to the period between May and October 2017.

Prosecutor Rebecca Chalkley said the assets include trophies such as the 1985 and 1989 Wimbledon men's singles title, his Australian Open trophies from 1991 and 1996 and his 1992 Olympic gold medal.

The former world No 1, who commentated for the BBC at Wimbledon last year, is accused of concealing €1.13m from the sale of a car dealership he owned in Germany and transferring funds to other bank accounts.

He also allegedly failed to declare two German properties, as well as his interest in a flat in Chelsea, west London, and hid an €825,000 bank loan.

"It is the prosecution case that Mr Becker acted dishonestly with regards to a number of his assets, that in various ways he effectively hid from, or made unavailable to, those responsible for identifying the assets," said Ms Chalkley.

"The prosecution say Mr Becker did this both before and after the date of his bankruptcy agreement by not disclosing, not providing, or delivering up, or removing assets or things of value."

Becker, who won 49 singles titles out of 77 finals during his 16 years as a professional tennis player, arrived at court