This Victim Impact Statement has been prepared and written in full by myself, Alexander Hayes. In identifying as the Victim and as the Complainant in a historical sexual assault case, I hereby describe the physical effects and emotional harm that these matters had at the time of the offences and continue to have upon me to the present day.

If only we had a magic wand that we could wave and change things in ways that would allow the harder shifts and changes in our lives to just go away.

"Perth? Are you serious?" "Yes" "...Well jump in Son...I am going to take you as far as I can go today and when you get back be sure to give me a call."

Perhaps it was the screaming, maybe the tension, perhaps even the physical altercations we had as kids with our Father's mainly that drove us onto the street.

A piece of cardboard, a texta (ink) pen, $10 in my wallet, odd socks, a few pairs of undies, a jacket and absolutely no idea what I was in for.

Yes. It's in the Sutherland Shire, NSW Australia. Home to the Cronulla riots much later in 2005.

My curiosity as a child evolved into that of an obsessional teenager with a focus on electronic systems and wearable technologies.

He is my Brother. He is my best mate. He is one of many mates but with this bloke I've travelled further than all of them. I have lots of Brother's but we dont share the same Mother.

In 2014 I was told my totem is the bat - a black bat. I have them tattooed all over my arm. A castle with bats. Graffiti on my fingers. Toes.

If you ever get a chance travel to Bexley, NSW Australia. In that shopping centre, one of the busiest you will find in Sydney there used to be a small corner shop that sold 5 cent bags of lollies

I was born on the 20th February 1969, of parents who had settled in Sydney Australia, travelling 22,000 kilometres from their homeland of Glasgow, Scotland.