Tag: Janet Hewitt
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Swimming coach loses appeal to clear her name
Read Dorset Echo A swimming coach has lost her appeal against a conviction for assaulting a child. Janet Hewitt, the former head coach of the West Dorset Warriors, wept as she was told by Judge Peter Johnson today that the appeal had been dismissed following a hearing at Bournemouth Crown Court. Judge Johnson said: “I’m…
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69-year-old swimming coach found guilty of assault after grabbing child by the arm
Read for instance Bournemouth Echo A swimming coach who taught three generations of Dorset children is devastated after a ‘black cloud’ has been left hanging over her 50-year career. Janet Hewitt, 69, was found guilty of assault by beating last week after Weymouth Magistrates’ Court heard that she grabbed a child by the arm after…