St Mirren terminate Kevin van Veen loan deal after striker charged with domestic abuse

St Mirren have ended Kevin van Veen’s stay at the Paisley club following the player’s court appearance on domestic abuse charges.

Van Veen was arrested in August and appeared in court last week accused of a campaign of abuse against his ex-girlfriend.

He entered no plea and is expected to return to court on November 28.

St Mirren has now announced that his loan deal has been terminated, and he will return to his parent club, FC Groningen, in the Netherlands.

The 33-year-old is accused of abusing his partner over a three-year period from September 2021 to July 2024.

The alleged abuse is said to have taken place at properties in Uddingston, Inverclyde, and Bridge of Weir as well as on a trip to Cancun, Mexico.

Van Veen is the second player to leave St Mirren this season. Fellow summer signing Shaun Rooney had his contract terminated after being charged with assaulting a teenager in a takeaway in Glasgow.

Rooney had been suspended last month after police confirmed that he had been arrested and charged in connection with an assault on an 18-year-old woman.

During a pre-match press conference last week, St Mirren boss Stephen Robinson said the last few weeks had been his most challenging as a manager.