Child rapist Steven van de Velde - convicted for having sex with Brit aged 12 - trains with the Dutch volleyball team in Paris as anger grows over him competing in the Olympics

Child rapist Steven van De Velde, who was convicted for having activity pinch a British woman aged 12, took to nan volleyball tribunal pinch nan Dutch squad successful Paris coming arsenic anger grows complete him competing astatine nan Olympic Games.

The 29-year-old convicted activity attacker took portion successful a believe convention astatine nan Champs de Mars parkland successful nan protector of nan Eiffel Tower.

The 6ft 6ins Dutchman conducted a 60-minute work-out pinch doubles partner Matthew Immers, 23, without erstwhile removing his sunglasses. The bare-chested jock brandished respective tattoos connected his torso and arms.

The convention took spot successful 25C noon power and yards from wherever nan French female volleyball squad were moving out.

The shamed jock near nan tribunal via a backstage entranceway for competitors laughing pinch teammates. But van De Velde has been ordered not to remark connected nan increasing ungraded astir his quality astatine Paris 2024.

He arrived successful nan French superior amid tight information yesterday connected a Eurostar train from Rotterdam.

He was sentenced to 4 years successful situation successful 2016 aft pleading blameworthy to raping a 12-year-old British schoolgirl erstwhile he was 19, backmost successful August 2014.

The Dutchman travelled from Amsterdam to nan UK and raped nan woman astatine a location successful Milton Keynes.

Despite being told by a judge that his condemnation was 'career ending', van De Velde resumed his volleyball profession aft serving conscionable 12 months of his 4 twelvemonth sentence. 

He was selected for nan Netherlands Olympic formation volley squad successful June this year.

In a statement, nan Netherlands Olympic Committee past nighttime said it was 'implementing actual measures to guarantee a safe sporting environment' for each participants.'

'These measures include, astatine nan petition of van De Velde, replacement accommodation for van De Velde and nary media interaction during his enactment successful Paris,' a spokesperson said.

He claimed that nan measures were successful statement pinch 'standard practice' and had been developed pursuing a 'thorough consequence appraisal taking into relationship each affected groups'.

The spokesperson said nan appraisal had reinforced nan committee's 'confidence successful nan information of each parties involved'.

Van de Velde had returned to nan world elite athletics level pursuing a erstwhile condemnation for a intersexual offence successful 2014 successful nan UK'.

'His return was imaginable pursuing a master curen programme,' nan spokesperson said.

'Van de Velde has afloat engaged pinch each requirements and has met each nan stringent consequence appraisal thresholds, checks and owed diligence. Experts person stated that location is nary consequence of recidivism.

'Van de Velde has consistently remained transparent astir nan lawsuit which he refers to arsenic nan astir important misstep of his life.

'He profoundly regrets nan consequences of his actions for those involved. He has been unfastened astir nan individual translator he has undergone arsenic a result. Since his return he has participated successful awesome world events without incident.

'However his intended information successful nan Olympic Games has generated important liking connected world societal media.'

The committee said it had implemented measures 'following adjacent consultation pinch nan jock and his squad mates'.

'NOC*NSF regrets nan effect of nan unforeseen renewed attention, connected societal media successful particular, for those struggling pinch trauma from intersexual offences and transgressive behaviour,' he added.

During his proceedings conscionable little than a decade ago, Aylesbury Crown Court heard really van de Velde had travelled to nan UK and met up pinch his unfortunate and had activity pinch her. 

Sandra Beck, prosecuting, told nan tribunal astatine nan time: 'She describes that she had met Steven van de Velde connected Facebook, they said regularly done that and he made her 'feel special'.

'She surely made it clear she was 7 years younger than him. This narration complete societal media was taking spot complete a play of time.'

The volleyball player's unfortunate had added him arsenic a friend connected Facebook aft he commented favourably connected 1 of her photos, nan tribunal heard.

They began to speak connected a regular ground complete Facebook, Snapchat and Skype earlier he arranged to sojourn her, arriving successful Milton Keynes successful August 2014.

The schoolgirl told her family she was staying pinch a friend and snuck retired to effort and book a edifice pinch nan older teenager, aged 19 astatine nan time. 

When they couldn't find a room, they went to Furzton Lake successful nan town, wherever they drank Baileys and she performed a activity enactment connected him.

The pursuing day, aft nan brace slept successful cardboard boxes nether a stairway astatine Premier Inn, having again been incapable to book a room, she took him to her quiet location and he took her virginity.

Before he returned to nan Netherlands van de Velde advised her to get nan greeting aft pill arsenic they had not utilized contraception. It was her sojourn to a family readying session that alerted nan authorities, who stepped successful because of nan girl's young age.

The sportsman, of Westeinde 46, Voorburg, nan Netherlands, was extradited to nan UK connected January 8, erstwhile he was arrested connected suspicion of nan activity acts. He later admitted 3 counts of rape against a child. 

Van de Velde was released from situation successful 2017 aft servicing conscionable 1 twelvemonth of his four-year sentence. 

Following his release, he said: 'I do want to correct each nan delirium that has been written astir maine erstwhile I was locked up. 

'I did not publication immoderate of it, connected purpose, but I understand that it was rather bad, that I person been branded arsenic a activity monster, arsenic a paedophile. That I americium not, really not.

'Everyone tin person their sentiment astir me, but it is only adjacent if they besides cognize my broadside of nan story.'