Grace Tame went to police ‘multiple times’ over claims of childhood abuser’s new messages

“I’ve been to the police a number of times about these things and no changes have come about,” Tame said.

Tame was a student in Hobart when she was sexually abused by her 58-year-old teacher Nicolaas Bester in 2010. He was later sentenced to two years and 10 months behind bars for the abuse of Tame, who was 15 at the time, and served one year and eight months in prison.

Tame shared screenshots on Monday which showed an account with the handle ‘Nico Bester’ make posts which the Tasmanian sexual assault survivor said used her childhood email to threaten her.

In one post, the account which allegedly belonged to Bester said it “shall come for” an email address Tame said she once used. The account is now suspended on Twitter.

“The thing is that it’s really disheartening and disillusioning when you feel like you are banging your head against a wall when you’re trying to draw attention to a menacing predator,” Tame said.

Tame tweeted that she had made her second official report to Tasmania Police on Monday.

“[The police are] saying that they are doing things. The communication hasn’t been great. It hasn’t been reassuring,” Tame said on ABC Radio.

“I don’t have an eye into what they’re doing. I can’t see what the action is they are taking.”

A Twitter spokesperson said: “We have permanently suspended the account in question for violating the Twitter rules and our policies.”

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