The intensity of feeling that I already continue to experience is unbelievable. Especially for your work as well-it ‘s almost like the golden ticket as an actress, and you feel so much more strongly for it. It was good on all fronts.’

Home and Away star Bryan Wiseman spoke of his suffering years after being raped by a school bus driver when he was just 10.

The actor, who played Dr. John Wilson on the soap for four years, said he thought he might get some closure after his attacker was sentenced in November 2019 to eight years in prison.

Nowra bus driver Trevor Dale, however, who pleaded guilty to orally and anally raping Mr. Wiseman, has remained out of jail after he was granted multiple extensions by courts to appeal the sentence.

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  • Mr. Wiseman, 51, said that he had to endure a ‘life sentence’ while his assailant was able to delay justice by adding to his trauma dredged with the police investigation and court case.

    ‘These extensions are a slap in the face I thought the whole thing was over,’ Mr. Wiseman told Newscorp.

    ‘You have these people who have no remorse and don’t appreciate the pain they caused and the victim gets dragged through it over and over again-it ‘s so frustrating,’ he said.

    ‘Every month there is another extension, like getting stabbed in the back.’

    He is calling for an overhaul of the system to offer more care to victims, noting that he only found out he was entitled to $10,000 in benefits after other harassment victims let him out.


  • He said although he was thankful for the money it seemed to be a small sum, which he said should be increased and the ‘hoops’ victims are expected to hop through eliminated.

    Mr. Wiseman said he was also extremely disappointed with ‘cruel’ rule amendments in February that forbid suspects in Victoria from communicating with their names about their prosecutions until their offenders had been found guilty.

    Those that violate the law will get $3,000 fines or four months in prison. He said he said he was concerned that similar laws could be enforced in New South Wales, where he is a resident, and that standing out had helped not only himself but other victims as well.