Ex tennis star Bob Hewitt to be jailed in South Africa for six-years for raping young girls he coached decades ago
Former tennis champion Bob Hewitt will be jailed in South Africa after losing an appeal on Thursday against a six-year sentence for raping young girls he coached decades ago. Australia-born Hewitt, 76, was convicted last year of raping two girls aged 12 and 13 in the early 1980s, and of indecently assaulting a 17-year-old girl […]
Bob Hewitt gets bail over child rape in South Africa
Former tennis star Bob Hewitt has been granted bail by a South African court, after receiving a six-year prison sentence for raping underage girls. Victims reacted angrily to the judge’s decision in the Pretoria High Court to extend bail pending an appeal hearing on 19 June. The former Grand Slam champion will now be placed […]
Australian ex tennis player Bob Hewitt found guilty of raping & assaulting young girls in South Africa
Australian-born former tennis Grand Slam champion Bob Hewitt was found guilty Monday in South Africa of raping and assaulting young girls whom he was coaching in the early 1980s. Hewitt, 75, had pleaded not guilty to the two charges of rape and one of indecent assault, which were brought against him by three women in […]
