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Dutch volleyballer and convicted child rapist Steven van de Velde denied visa to enter Australia (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 5 months ago by Aussieiuszko@aussie.zone to c/world@quokk.au

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[–] pressedhams@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Convicted child rapist Steven van de Velde? Yeah. He was.

[–] BreakStopReturn@programming.dev 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

What was convicted child rapist Steven van de Velde in the news for again?

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 5 months ago

IIRC convicted child rapist Steven van de Velde was competing at the olympics, and took an attitude of "I've served my time", not showing much remorse. As in he felt as though it was unfair to talk about his crimes - specifically, that of raping a child - because he had spent a few months in jail and now he was an amazing athlete.