The child rapist competing at the Olympics

The past has a way of catching up with criminals, particularly those whose victims are children. But in the case of Steven van de Velde, fate has had an odd way of showing it.

There was revulsion and fury last week when it was revealed that the beach volleyball star will compete for the at the Olympic Games in Paris this month.

A talented athlete he may be, but he is also a convicted child rapist, jailed in March 2016 after pleading guilty at Aylesbury Crown Court to three counts of rape against a 12-year-old British girl he met via .

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