The Correctional Supervision and Review Board has ruled that former international tennis coach Bob Hewitt will remain in prison after the decision to grant him parole, was set aside on Friday.
The Review Board met at St Albans prison outside Port Elizabeth to hear submissions from Hewitt's victims, who complained that they were not consulted when the Parole Board made its decision earlier this year.
Hewitt was due to be released in September, but this was put on hold, after the Minister of Justice and Corrections, Ronald Lamola called for the review, after learning that his victims were not consulted.
79-year-old, Hewitt, was convicted of rape and sexual assault in 2016, for the rape of three minor children during the 1980s and 1990s, and has served only three of his six-year sentence.
Attorney for one of the victims, Peter van Niekerk says the bottom line is that Hewitt will remain in prison and that he will now have to re-apply again.
Van Niekerk says they will also oppose a second application by Hewitt.
