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| SA convicts ex-tennis doubles star Bob Hewitt of rape | SA convicts ex-tennis doubles star Bob Hewitt of rape |
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| Former tennis Grand Slam champion Bob Hewitt has been found guilty by a South African court of raping underage girls. | Former tennis Grand Slam champion Bob Hewitt has been found guilty by a South African court of raping underage girls. |
| Hewitt, 75, had denied two charges of rape and a third charge of sexual assault. | Hewitt, 75, had denied two charges of rape and a third charge of sexual assault. |
| The attacks took place in the 1980s and 1990s, when the former Australian tennis star was coaching the women, then young girls, in South Africa. | The attacks took place in the 1980s and 1990s, when the former Australian tennis star was coaching the women, then young girls, in South Africa. |
| Hewitt won nine Grand Slam doubles and six mixed doubles titles in the 1960s and 1970s. | Hewitt won nine Grand Slam doubles and six mixed doubles titles in the 1960s and 1970s. |
| During the trial, one woman said she had been sexually assaulted by him when she was 12 years old. | |
| Judge Bert Bam told the High Court sitting in Johannesburg that the evidence against Hewitt was overwhelming and consistent. | |
| He said striking similarities among the three victims' testimonies showed that Hewitt's conduct was calculated. | |
| His crimes had not been erased by time, the judge added. | |
| Hewitt was remanded in custody following the guilty verdicts. |