Her husband and former doubles tennis champion Bob Hewitt‚ 75‚ is due to be sentenced on two rape convictions and one indecent assault conviction later on Monday at the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria.
Defence advocate Terry Price called Hewitt and his wife‚ who live on a small citrus farm near Addo in the Eastern Cape‚ to testify in mitigiation of sentence.
“In my life I have faced adversity‚ but this one is unbearable‚” Delaille said as she wept.
The Hewitts both testified of their poor health‚ the state of house arrest they have been under since the allegations first surfaced and the fact that Delaille would not be able to run and live on their farm alone if Hewitt was imprisoned.
The court also heard that the Hewitts have assets to the value of about R10-million.
