Grace Tame jailed her abuser 11 years ago. He’s still threatening 'revenge'.
Published on Mamamia
August 30, 2022
She was a 15-year-old high school student.
He was her 58-year-old maths teacher - and abuser.
It was 2010. And over a six-month period, Year 10 student, Grace Tame was repeatedly raped by Nicolaas Bester, a teacher at Hobart's St Michael's Collegiate School.
At school. At his friend's place. At a hotel.
In 2011, she spoke out about the abuse, confiding in another teacher.
And Tame has fought tirelessly ever since.
To bring Bester to justice.
To have a voice; becoming the first Tasmanian woman to be granted special permission from the Supreme Court of Tasmania to speak publicly as a rape survivor.
And to ensure other sexual assault survivors can reclaim their voice too; campaigning for reform to the Tasmanian law that prohibited survivors from telling their story to the media under their real name.