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Ex-tennis cham Bob Hewitt convicted of rape in South Africa
March 23, 2015 15:02 IST
Former Grand Slam doubles champion Bob Hewitt was found guilty by a South African court on Monday of two charges of rape and one charge of sexual assault of minors, local media said.
Australian-born Hewitt, 75, had been charged with assaulting three underage girls, during his time coaching children in South Africa in the 1980s.
Image: Former Grand Slam doubles champion Bob Hewitt (right) look on ahead of court proceedings at the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg on February 10, 2015.
Photograph: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters
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