Should Stephen van de velde be in the Olympics?

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soready · 15/08/2024 08:09

He pre-planned and raped a child, and is now celebrated by his fans in the Olympics do you feel this is right or do you think he's served one year of his sentence so he'd paid for his crime?

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toomuchfaff · 15/08/2024 10:19

Are you just catching up, watching on Sky or player, because the olympics finished last week and this was probably discussed on a 1000 other mumsnet AIBU during the olympics.

Of course he shouldn't have been included as an athlete. But just goes to show that international glory is more important for that country than his crime.

Noname99 · 15/08/2024 08:19

The issue for me is the ludicrously short sentences for sexual abuse. I think that he should have been in jail for a considerably longer time and whilst in jail should have had to engage in serious therapy to help understand why he even thought of doing what he did and then more therapy to try to ‘undo’ whatever is wrong with him.

However I also believe that the criminal justice system should be the end point and once convicted and time served, if the state releases you then society can’t then impose more restrictions on how you earn a living as long as it’s legal or unless you are a threat to society (in which case you should have been released anyway)

JustJoinedRightNow · 15/08/2024 08:12

He's not in the Olympics. He was, but isn't anymore

Iwasafool · 15/08/2024 08:10

The Olympics are done for another 4 years.

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