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Scottish Sun
27-05-2025
- Scottish Sun
Ex-Motherwell star Kevin Van Veen brands former girlfriend ‘a f***ing liar' as she tells court of ‘domestic abuse'
He is accused of grabbing her, pushing her off a bed when pregnant and locking her inside his home 'ABUSE' CLAIMS Ex-Motherwell star Kevin Van Veen brands former girlfriend 'a f***ing liar' as she tells court of 'domestic abuse' Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) EX-MOTHERWELL star Kevin Van Veen blurted out 'you're a f***ing liar' from the dock as his former girlfriend told a court of alleged domestic abuse at his hands. The 33-year-old forced the sheriff to temporarily halt his case as he continually said 'you're a liar' and 'I'm not having this, I'm not doing this' at Hamilton sheriff court today. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 2 The 33-year-old forced the sheriff to temporarily halt his case Credit: Kenny Ramsay 2 Prosecutors claim he repeatedly shouted, swore, threatened violence and made offensive remarks towards the woman Credit: Alan MacGregor Ewing The Dutch striker, who also played for St Mirren and Kilmarnock, is alleged to have been responsible for abuse in Lanarkshire, Inverclyde, Renfrewshire and Cancun, Mexico, leaving her 'petrified.' Prosecutors claim he repeatedly shouted, swore, threatened violence and made offensive remarks towards the woman between 2021 and 2024. He is also accused of grabbing her, pushing her off a bed when pregnant, locking her inside his home and turning up at her relatives' properties. Giving evidence via video link from elsewhere in the court building, the 33-year-old complainer, who can't be named for legal reasons, said she got together with Van Veen in 2021 and at the beginning he was 'a gentleman, charming and respectful.' But she told fiscal Scott O'Conner that Van Veen would monitor her Instagram and she blamed a 'lack of trust or insecurity' on his behalf that would 'start fights.' As she told the court about times where he would 'hold me by the wrists and pin me to the wall to prevent me leaving', Van Veen began calling her a liar from the dock. Sheriff Shirley McKenna warned him: "It's important you listen and do not interrupt. Do you understand?" The court took a ten minute break before the witness continued recalling the alleged abuse. She told the trial she would be accused of ruining his performances for Motherwell if he had not played well. She said: 'He would pin me to the wall, have me by the arm and I would say I just wanted to leave and he would say 'not until I calm down.' 'This would go on all night, sometimes for hours. 'We would go to bed and he would start again like there was a pattern. 'It would be the night before he had a football game and I would remember thinking he was nervous but it seemed to be a pattern then he would say that I kept him up all night and that is why he didn't perform.' She said she had her wrist twisted by van Veen during one incident at his then home in Uddingston, Lanarkshire. The complainer also said she feared van Veen had gone to assault her but stopped because 'it was not worth' his football career. The woman further alleged a holiday in Mexico was 'two weeks of mental torture' because of him 'shouting and screaming' in her face as well as being accused of being a 'slag and a slut' over a dress he deemed too tight. She also claimed Van Veen would 'clench his teeth and fist' towards her in anger which left her 'threatened, scared and petrified'. The goal man had been on loan at St Mirren from Dutch side Groningen but his contract with the Paisley side was ripped up following his initial court appearance last October. Van Veen, of Glasgow, denies a single charge under domestic abuse laws. The trial continues next month.
BBC News
16-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Robinson aims to complete challenging season with his greatest achievement
Stephen Robinson says leading St Mirren to European qualification this season would "definitely" be the greatest achievement in his managerial career so far because of the "challenges" he has Paisley club, who complete the campaign with a trip to Celtic on Saturday, will secure a place in Conference League qualifying for a second successive year if they better the result of Dundee United, who host ending St Mirren's 37-year wait for European football last season, Robinson says this year has been much tougher. Three new signings – Kevin Van Veen, Shaun Rooney and Jaden Brown - left the club amid separate court cases."I feel like it's three or four seasons rolled into one. The decisions the club had to make with players and the problems they faced was something you probably don't get when you manage for 30 years," said Robinson."But to have it all in a three-month period was difficult. But we've managed to come through it and I feel I'm a better manager for it."It's been unenjoyable at times. But we're in the top six with a chance of Europe with one game to go."So the lesson is that the bad times don't last forever. And tough people come through those times and this group of players have shown they're tough."We got a bit of a stick for celebrating reaching the top six. That was a relief on my part because we weren't in a relegation battle."Being in this division is a huge success for St Mirren. Being in the top six is a brilliant achievement. Being in Europe is something that happens once in a lifetime for most St Mirren fans. If we can do that twice in consecutive years, then that would be a super achievement."St Mirren are unbeaten in five games, winning two of their post-split matches, and head to Celtic Park looking to spoil the party on the day the hosts lift the Premiership trophy."It's certainly not an impossible task. We've taken the whole European pressure off the players and said let's remain unbeaten in the top six. For St Mirren to be unbeaten in the top six would be what an incredible achievement," Robinson added."We can't affect what happens at Dundee United and Aberdeen. It'll be 100 degrees inside Celtic Park and their fans will be there to celebrate. So it's our job to try and put a little bit of a dampener on them."
