Ex-tennis cham Bob Hewitt convicted of rape in South Africa

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