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Convicted rapist Bob Hewitt was released on parole on Friday and returned home, according to the Department of Correctional Services.
Department spokesman Singabakho Nxumalo told News24 that Hewitt was released according to a parole board decision made in March.
Nxumalo said Hewitt was brought home and would enter the closure along with the rest of the country amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The former Grand Slam tennis champion was convicted in 2015 of the rape of two young women and the sexual assault of another whom he coached in the 1980s and 1990s.
He was sentenced to six effective years behind bars and was imprisoned since September 2016.
In early March, Tania Koen, a lawyer representing victims Olivia Jasriel and another known only as W, told News24 that she understood that Hewitt would be under house arrest and that he would not be allowed to contact the victims, News24 previously reported. .
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The two women and Theresa “Twiggy” Tolken opposed the 80-year-old release.
Nxumalo said at the time that Hewitt served three years, six months, and 22 days of his six-year sentence.
He was classified as a first time offender and was paroled in accordance with Section 73 of the Correctional Services Act, which determines the minimum period of sentence that must be served before it can be considered.
Probation is when a criminal ends a sentence outside of jail.
– Compiled by Paul Herman
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