Driving instructor sent naked photographs of himself

It has come to light that a driving instructor sent naked photographs of himself to a former female pupil. As the victim felt the police were not keeping her informed about what was happening to the offender, she took the matter to the press.
 
Indeed the free "20 Minutes" newspaper reported on Monday how Sarah (not her real name) had filed charges on three occasions against her former driving instructor who had sent her obscene photographs of himself, including ones of his erect member, since May of 2013. On one occasion he sent her an SMS saying "CHF 300 per hour.OK?"
 
The victim was shocked and disgusted and went to the police immediately. "They were kind and understanding but they did not seem to do much and I was never told how much he had been fined or whether he had been allowed to carry on teaching," said the now 21-year-old. What she also wanted to know was why he had only been fined once, despite facing three counts of charges.
 
As mentioned, it was as a result of what she felt was the failure of the police to keep her informed about what had happened to the instructor that she went to the press.
 
When a journalist of the Neue Zuger Zeitung raised the matter with the police, their spokesman, Marcel Schlatter, explained that they were nearing completion of their investigation into the incidents. They said that as many as 12 young women had been sent obscene photographs and that the offender had been fined CHF 400 on 13 August last year. Furthermore, he had been ordered to pay court charges of CHF 200. Schlatter said that subsequent incidents were still being investigated. The maximum fine for repeat offenders amounted to CHF 10,000.
 
Sarah said that, after she had received the first photograph, he said he had sent it inadvertently, but nevertheless he continued to send more. She mentioned how the instructor had previously taught her in lessons longer than the agreed time and had also complimented her on her looks and said things like "that dress suits you", which made her cringe, but she did not think too much about it at the time.
 
Speaking in his capacity of president of the Zug section of the Swiss Driving Instructors' Association, Roger Stoll said that there were some 50 instructors currently working in the canton, with 22 of them in the organisation. They were able to take certain sanctions but whether instructors should be allowed to continue to practise after such incidents was a matter for the Zug Road Traffic Licensing Department (ZVA). He said he knew of one instructor who had been banned from teaching since last autumn but he did not know if this was the instructor in question.
 
Markus Fehr, who heads the ZVA said that over the past 20 years he had known of just one or two cases where a driving instructor had had his licence to teach withdrawn. As a result of lack of resources it was not possible to make regular checks on them.
 
Anyone who feels they are a victim of sexual violence can get help from the Victims' Advisory Centre of the eff-zett organisation, who can provide information about engaging lawyers and provide counselling. In 2013 they advised 47 adult victims who sought help in relation to sexual violence.
 
Further information can be found on www.eff-zett.ch.