{"id":89732,"date":"2015-05-19T09:07:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T07:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/89732\/former-tennis-legend-to-apply-for-leave-to-appeal\/"},"modified":"2015-05-19T09:07:00","modified_gmt":"2015-05-19T07:07:00","slug":"former-tennis-legend-to-apply-for-leave-to-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/05\/19\/former-tennis-legend-to-apply-for-leave-to-appeal\/","title":{"rendered":"Former tennis legend to apply for leave to appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hewitt was yesterday sentenced to an <a href=\"http:\/\/boksburgadvertiser.co.za\/230811\/breaking-news-bobhewitt-sentenced-to-six-years-imprisonment\/?utm_content=buffer0a9d2&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=facebook.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\" target=\"_blank\">effective six years in jail<\/a> and R100 000 fine on two counts of rape and one of sexual assault.<\/p>\n<p>He was sentenced to eight years each for raping of Benoni resident\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/boksburgadvertiser.co.za\/227291\/abuse-its-important-for-children-to-share-without-being-afraid\/\" target=\"_blank\">Suellen Sheehan<\/a> and Theresa Tolken \u00a0in the 1980s.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The judge also gave him two years for sexually assaulting a third woman in the 1990s.<\/p>\n<p>Also read:<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"gs-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/boksburgadvertiser.co.za\/227291\/abuse-its-important-for-children-to-share-without-being-afraid\/&amp;sa=U&amp;ei=L4lZVfHOKIr1UrbRgKAB&amp;ved=0CAUQFjAA&amp;client=internal-uds-cse&amp;usg=AFQjCNGozW2JqWnuQGjpMW1TJiCAX11rIQ\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Bob Hewitt\u2019s<\/b> rape victim urges children to share without fear<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gs-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/boksburgadvertiser.co.za\/222243\/second-victim-testifies-bob-hewitt-court-case\/&amp;sa=U&amp;ei=L4lZVfHOKIr1UrbRgKAB&amp;ved=0CAgQFjAB&amp;client=internal-uds-cse&amp;usg=AFQjCNH1palY5V43VnkxeqpjeYCnF2toEQ\" target=\"_blank\">Second \u2018victim\u2019 testifies in <b>Bob Hewitt<\/b> court case\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gs-title\" href=\"http:\/\/boksburgadvertiser.co.za\/117446\/tennis-legend-bob-hewitt-charged-with-rape\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tennis legend <b>Bob Hewitt<\/b> charged with rape\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gs-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/boksburgadvertiser.co.za\/221833\/tennis-star-hewitt-73-face-3-rape-charges-court-today\/&amp;sa=U&amp;ei=L4lZVfHOKIr1UrbRgKAB&amp;ved=0CBEQFjAE&amp;client=internal-uds-cse&amp;usg=AFQjCNEaAxhOiSgbaIzD2mdUOjmOZObo5Q\" target=\"_blank\">Tennis star <b>Hewitt<\/b> (73) to face 3 rape charges in court today<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item 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