Readers of The Wheel will remember last year's terrifying attack on Swan Transit bus driver Gerrard Sin at an Armadale bus stop.

Gerrard was hit in the eye by a piece of concrete thrown by his attacker who recently appeared in court.

The eye was later surgically removed at Fremantle Hospital and replaced with an artificial implant.

At the time Gerrard - a devout Christian - said he bore no ill feeling towards the man who attacked him.

Gerrard is a very lovely, good humoured bloke who enjoyed being a bus driver. He loves people and always got on well with his workmates and passengers.

But at the time Gerrard was unprepared for the trauma that would affect him both physically and mentally.

In media interviews he put on a brave face and tried to keep things in perspective. He was still alive and many others were worse off than he.

But you can't lose the sight of an eye without it having a significant impact upon you. Doing things that were previously simple to accomplish became far more difficult for him.

Like counting the revenue collected by his fellow bus drivers at the Gosnells Depot.

In an attempt to keep Gerrard in meaningful employment Swan Transit gave him the revenue job.

"But what used to take a (fully-sighted) driver four hours to do was taking me eight hours." Gerrard explained to me.

"You may have strong willpower but your body thinks different. The brain hasn't accepted that they eye is no longer there.

"I have excellent vision out of my good eye but every now and then I experience double vision which distorts the image I am looking at.

"Management told me not to worry about how long it was taking me to count the money but I feel pressure anyway.

"In the end I became quite depressed and had to take some time off work.

"I really needed counselling at that point but GIO, the firms' workers compensation insurer refused to pay for it."

"However I am now back at work and Swan have agreed to provide counselling and I'm hoping things will get better.

"I've also told Swan Transit I don't believe revenue counting is the best job for me and I'm hoping they'll find mesomething else - hopefully where there is interaction with people." said Gerard.

Despite his setbacks Gerard Sin seems to be a resilient man who will bounce back strongly.

He is a young 60 and apart from his eye problem he is appears fighting fit. I reckon there is a lot of good living left in him and the TWU wishes him well.

Gerrad's workers compensation case is being handled by our solicitors and we will ensure he receives his full entitlements under the law.