Gordon Woods says he has finally taken back power from Jim Torbett who terrified him as a child
Torbett, who began attacking Woods when he was just 13, was convicted of child abuse for the third time on Tuesday. Gordon told a jury at the high court in Inverness how Torbett, 75, sexually assaulted him up to 40 times between 1967 and 1968. The attacks took place in the paedophile's flat and his car and in the back of a toy shop in Glasgow.
"I broke down. Torbett's conviction is the right result for anyone who is mentally scarred from abuse. It's over now and I can start getting my life back together. This has given me so much more strength." Gordon buried his abuse for three decades, unaware that there were even other victims, until his mum told him on her deathbed that other children had also been attacked and that his parents had known for years. Her shocking revelation also sparked a memory for Gordon - of his parents confronting Torbett in their home one night.
"It was also then that mum told me there had been other victims. But even then, I didn't want to tell her the full extent of what happened to me.
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