Victim of ‘disgusting paedophile’ serving Australia’s longest sentence for child sex abuse tells of ‘lost decades’

In December, William “Rob” Gilfillan was found guilty of indecent assault and sexual penetration of a child under 16 at Traralgon high school in Gippsland in the 1980s. Photograph: Joel Carrett/AAP

A woman who was repeatedly sexually assaulted in the 1980s by her high school PE teacher has told a court how the man’s actions resulted in her life being changed “negatively for decades”.

In December, William “Rob” Gilfillan was found guilty of indecent assault of a person under 16 and sexual penetration of a child under 16. The five counts against two victims took place at Traralgon high school in Gippsland.