- Steven Van de Velde travelled from the Netherlands to the UK to meet the girl
- He was jailed for four years but was released after serving a year of his sentence
- Former Olympian Paula Radcliffe has now wished him ‘the best of luck’ in Paris
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BBC pundit and Olympian Paula Radcliffe has wished luck to a Dutch paedophile who raped a 12-year-old girl.
The former World and European champion runner, in Paris for the broadcaster, made the staggering comment during a radio interview.
Beach volleyball player Steven Van de Velde, now 29, was sentenced to four years in prison in 2016 after pleading guilty to raping a 12-year-old British girl when he was 19.
His inclusion in the team has sparked a huge controversy, with security upped at the Dutch team’s base in the athletes’…