Dutch Olympic bosses have defended their choice to choose a volleyball participant who raped a British lady.
Steven van de Velde was jailed for 4 years in 2016 for raping a British lady he reportedly received to know on-line.
After serving a part of his jail time period in England, he was despatched again to the Netherlands the place his sentence was adjusted in line with Dutch legal guidelines.
The Dutch volleyball federation (Nevobo) stated Van de Velde, 29, was “proving to be an exemplary skilled and human being and there was no cause to doubt him since his return”.
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They added he had their “full help” and after his launch had sought skilled counselling.
In the meantime, the nation’s Olympic committee stated Van de Velde had met all of the qualification necessities for the Olympic video games “and is due to this fact a part of the staff”.
Velde himself, within the assertion launched by Nevobo, stated: “I perceive that within the run-up to the largest sporting occasion on the planet, this may entice the eye of worldwide media. I can’t reverse it, so I must bear the implications. It has been the largest mistake of my life.”
In a press release to Sky Information, The Survivors Belief stated: “The truth that Van de Velde is allowed to proceed his profession after admitting ‘the largest mistake of his life’ is additional endorsement of the surprising toleration we now have of kid sexual abuse.
“The rape of a kid was deliberate, calculated involving worldwide journey and can undoubtedly trigger his sufferer lifelong trauma, irreversibly altering the course of her life.
“As a society we now have to begin embracing a zero-tolerance strategy to this heinous and dear crime.
“His lack of regret and empathy for his sufferer is chilling and the allowance of his colleagues and the Olympic committee to advertise him to a younger viewers as a sports activities individual to look as much as and due to this fact by implication is deeply disturbing.”