Former tennis champion jailed 6 years for Rape

Previous Grand Slam duplicates tennis champion Bob Hewitt was sentenced to six years in jail by a South African court on Monday in the wake of being discovered liable of two checks of assault and a charge of rape of minors, nearby media reported. The Australian-conceived Hewitt, 75, was discovered blameworthy of attacking three under-age young ladies amid his time training kids in South Africa in the 1980s and 1990s.

Before sentencing, Hewitt begged the court to think seriously about his weakness and said he had gotten mysterious dangers cautioning of attack in the event that he was put in jail, Talk Radio 702 reported. Hewitt additionally told the court that he had endured a stroke in 2010 and a heart assault in 2011.

The court expanded Hewitt's safeguard until Tuesday when his lawful group will advance the sentence, the radio reported. Hewitt won nine Grand Slam duplicates and six Grand Slam blended pairs titles in the 1960s and 1970s. He likewise came to the elimination rounds of the men's singles at the Australian Open three times, and won the Davis Cup with South Africa in 1974 subsequent to settling there.