Volleyball star jailed for raping Brit girl, 12, qualifies for Olympics
NetherlandsJudge Francis Sheridan told him at the time: “Prior to coming to this country you were training as a potential Olympian.Linda Strudwick, Van de Velde's own defence lawyer, said of the verdict at Aylesbury Crown Court: “The headlines say it all: ‘A sex monster.’Except the beach volleyball player is now set to return to prominence after clinching his spot at the Paris Games in July.
Prosecutor Sandra Beck told the court at the time: "She describes that she had met Steven Van de Velde on Facebook, they spoke regularly through that and he made her 'feel special'."This relationship over social media was taking place over a period of time." The pair slept in cardboard boxes under a stairwell at Premier Inn because after they couldn't get a room.Prior to his return to the Netherlands, Van de Velde told the girl to get the morning after pill as they had not used contraception.
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