11 h. ago Olympian convicted of raping child in UK banned from Beach Volleyball World Championships

Steven van de Velde of the Netherlands, who is a convicted child rapist, has had a visa application to enter Australia for the Beach Volleyball World Championships rejected

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14 h. ago Dutch Olympian convicted of child rape banned from world championships

Steven van de Velde has been denied a visa by Australia, with the world championships set to take place in Adelaide next month

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14 h. ago Dutch athlete and convicted child rapist denied visa to compete in Australia

Steven van de Velde was convicted in 2016 and sentenced to four years in prison after admitting to raping a 12-year-old British girl he had met on social media

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19 h. ago Australia denies visa to Dutch Olympian convicted of child rape

Dutch Olympian Steven van de Velde has been denied a visa to compete in the beach volleyball world championships in Australia

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19 h. ago Dutch volleyballer and convicted child rapist Steven van de Velde denied Australian visa

Player’s visa application rejected ahead of world championships Van de Velde served prison sentence for raping 12-year-old girl in 2014Netherlands beach volleyball player and convicted child rapist Steven van de Velde has been banned from entering Australia for the looming world titles.Van de Velde had been named in a Dutch team to contest the world championships in Adelaide starting on 14 November, but the Australian government rejected his visa application. Continue reading...

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21 h. ago Convicted child rapist and volleyball player Steven van de Velde is BANNED from Australia ahead of competition

A call has been made on convicted child rapist and volleyball player Steven van de Velde who wants to come to Australia to compete next month.

Sport

35 h. ago Lucy Letby binges Come Dine With Me on weekends in prison as she's 'obsessed' with show

Letby is Britain's most prolific child killer after being convicted of murdering seven babies and trying to murder another seven, but is described by an insider as a 'model prisoner'

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5 d. ago Search underway for piano teacher to Hollywood kids who slipped out of country after child sex abuse conviction

John Kaleel is accused of fleeing the country on October 8, the same day he was found guilty

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6 d. ago Baby P's mother Tracey Connelly says 'I was a crap mum' as she makes fresh bid for jail release

Tracey Connelly speaks publicly for the first time since her conviction over death of her child Peter who suffered horrific abuse

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7 d. ago Two further arrests made after death of Ian Watkins in prison

The Lostprophets singer, a convicted child sex abuser, was killed in an attack earlier this month

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7 d. ago Lostprophets' Ian Watkins murder investigation update as more arrests made

Lostprophets frontman and convicted child abuser Ian Watkins was found dead at HMP Wakefield earlier this month, where he was serving 29 years for a string of sex offences – including the attempted rape of a fan’s baby

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1 week ago Holly Willoughby sends love to Fearne Cotton after paedo ex Ian Watkin dies in prison

After Fearne Cotton spoke about feeling "wobbly" following the death of her ex convicted child sex offender Ian Watkins, Holly Willoughby offered her love and support.

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2 w. ago Love Island star Sharon Gaffka reveals cruel trolls compared her to convicted child killer Lucy Letby after she revealed she'd had an abortion

Love Island star Sharon Gaffka has revealed that cruel trolls compared her to Lucy Letby after she had an abortion.

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2 w. ago Kids play area boss 'sickened' after worker exposed for child abuse offence

A worker at Party Palz in Kilmarnock has been exposed for having a child abuse conviction.

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2 w. ago Indian state leader says girls should not go out at night after alleged rape of student

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s comments spark backlash

Politics

2 w. ago Two men charged with prison murder of Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins

Convicted child sex offender Watkins was attacked with a knife at HMP Wakefield on SaturdayTwo men have been charged with murder after the death in prison of the former Lostprophets singer and convicted child sex offender Ian Watkins.Rashid Gedel, 25, and Samuel Dodsworth, 43, have both been charged with murder and will appear before Leeds magistrates’ court on Monday morning, West Yorkshire police said. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Two men in court charged with prison murder of Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins

Convicted child sexual abuse offender Watkins was attacked with a knife at HMP Wakefield on SaturdayTwo men have appeared in court after being charged with the murder of the former Lostprophets singer and convicted child sexual abuse offender, Ian Watkins, in prison.Rashid Gedel, 25, and Samuel Dodsworth, 43, were produced separately and appeared before Judge Dunne at Leeds magistrates court on Monday. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Prince Andrew told Jeffrey Epstein ‘we’re in this together’ in 2011 email

Royal sent email after Virginia Giuffre photo emerged but later claimed he had ceased contact with Epstein in 2010Prince Andrew told Jeffrey Epstein in an email “we are in this together” after a picture of the British royal with his arm around a teenage Virginia Giuffre was first published in 2011.The email will pile further pressure on the Duke of York and the royal family because he previously told the BBC he had ceased contact with the convicted child sex offender by that point. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Ian Watkins dead: prison statement in full after paedophile rock star killed

Ian Watkins has been serving a 29-year sentence since 2013 after being convicted of child sex abuse offences.

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2 w. ago Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins dies after being attacked in prison

Forty-eight-year-old was serving 29-year prison sentence after admitting multiple child sex offencesThe convicted child sexual abuser and former Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins has died after being attacked in prison.The 48-year-old was serving a 29-year prison sentence at HMP Wakefield, with a further six years on licence, after admitting a string of sex offences including the attempted rape of a baby. Continue reading...

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