A mom has lashed out towards a “scumbag” driving teacher who sexually assaulted her 17-year-old daughter throughout classes.
Findlay Munro, 62, preyed on teenage ladies studying to drive in Edinburgh, touching them and making inappropriate feedback.
The pervert repeatedly focused 4 victims whereas alone in his automobile with them earlier than a police investigation landed him in court docket.
Munro pled responsible to 4 offences and is because of be sentenced on the metropolis’s sheriff court docket subsequent month.
The mum of 1 sufferer paid for her daughter to obtain weekly two-hour classes from Munro when he was an teacher by means of Purple Driving College.
She stated: “She got here again after the primary lesson and informed me Munro known as all his pupils his ‘girlfriends’. I believed it was weird, however my daughter stated it was high-quality, she simply needed to cross her check.
“Wanting again, she would get actually, actually anxious earlier than each lesson however I put it right down to nerves.
“Then one other lady stated police had been talking to Munro’s pupils and my daughter stated some issues had occurred to her.
“I bought her to put in writing it down, as a result of it was troublesome for her. It was terrible to learn. I used to be so offended and contacted the police myself to report it.
“Each week Munro made feedback about her look, saying she was lovely, attractive and asking why she didn’t have a boyfriend.
“One time she made a driving mistake and he patted her leg then it went additional into her leg. She froze and didn’t know what to do.
“One other time he took her masks off and informed her she was lovely and stroked her hair.
“She had about 30 classes and stated one thing occurred each time.
“She wore jogging bottoms and jumpers to classes, even in scorching climate, as a result of she didn’t wish to present any pores and skin.”
The mom stated she’d met Munro and was fearful by his “vibe” however thought she was being an “anxious mum”.
She added: “It’s been hell. It’s precipitated my daughter to have anxiousness assaults. She’s frightened of bumping into him on the street.
“We needed to discover a feminine driving teacher as a result of she wouldn’t get within the automobile with a person.
“I contacted Purple they usually had been horrified. I used to be informed they dismissed Munro on the day he was charged by police.
“The police informed me he’d been a driving teacher for 11 years they usually’re certain these ladies can’t have been the one victims.
“Munro is an absolute scumbag. He’s a horrible particular person.”
Final month Munro pled responsible to sexually assaulting the teenager on numerous events on Edinburgh roads between December 2020 and August final yr by touching her on the pinnacle and rubbing her thigh.
The Crown accepted his not responsible plea over a cost of constructing feedback about her look, her mom, and her relationship standing for the needs of sexual gratification, or of humiliating, distressing or alarming her.
Munro admitted making feedback about one other pupil’s look and referring to her in inappropriate phrases between September 2017 and October 2019.
He additionally pled responsible to creating feedback a couple of third sufferer’s look and private relationships on numerous events between August 2020 and August final yr.
Munro admitted sexually assaulting a fourth sufferer on numerous events between February and June final yr by touching her on the hand, legs and backside.
Munro, of town’s Baberton space, appeared at court docket on Wenesday for sentencing however it was deferred for additional reviews.
Purple had been approached for remark.
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