Jailing dad Boris is just not fair on my little brother

Becker's daughter says his son, 12, is devastated

- PATRICK HILL

BORIS Becker's daughter has told how she begged a judge not to jail her dad, for the sake of his 12-year-old son.

Anna Ermakova fears for her half-brother Amadeus - who was pictured emotionally hugging his dad hours before he was jailed for two-and-a-half years on Friday.

She said: "I tried to help as best I could by writing a letter to the court expressing my concern for my younger brother Amadeus.

"He is only 12 and he's not going to have a paternal figure to support him at such a crucial time in a young person's life.

"He's going to start a new school soon making new friends and that's hard enough as it is."

But Judge Deborah Taylor rejected Anna's plea for leniency, as well as a letter from Boris' mother Elvira, 87, who had described her tennis legend son as a "decent boy overall".