Convicted Dutch child rapist Steven van de Velde has been denied a visa to Australia to compete in the Beach Volleyball World Championships.
Van de Velde was sentenced to four years in prison in 2016 after admitting to three counts of rape against a child who he had met on Facebook, with the incident taking place in August 2014.
He was released after serving 12 months of his sentence and resumed his volleyball career in 2018.
Minister for Home Affairs Tony Burke said the federal government "will continue to use every too we have available to ensure that Australians can be safe and feel safe in their communities".
Posted by cmaia1503
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Four years in prison. For THREE COUNTS OF CHILD RAPE. While there are people in prison for 20+ years for drug use. What a joke.
The Netherlands quite literally could not have embarrassed themselves more than they did when they decided bad touch Steve was who they needed to represent them.Â
Crazy, people who have served time and have rehabilitated shouldnt be held back their entire lives. If you keep isolating people you will push them back into crime.
Good for Australia – the Olympics should have done the same.
‘Straya’s visa folks are two for two right now 🫡 good on ya
We get a lot of things wrong in Australia but we have a good track record of denying visas to horrible people
I misread denied initially