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Convicted former tennis star Bob Hewitt is expected to make an application in the Port Elizabeth High Court on Tuesday to ask that he be released and placed under community corrections. BobHewitt SABCNews

It’s believed that 79-year-old Hewitt has asked the court to set a date for the parole board to convene as an alternative.

Hewitt was sentenced to six years in prison for raping two young girls he was coaching in the 80s and 90s. A lawyer representing two of the victims Tanya Koen says: “We are in communication with the Department of Correctional Services who invited our clients to participate in the victim-offender dialogue. I confirm my clients do want to participate. They’ll meet a social worker and thereafter await advice from the department with regards to actually meeting Hewitt.”

WATCH | Bob Hewitt’s rape victims say age should not be a favourable factor for him in his application for a sentence conversion:

 

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