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Cyberbullying suicide: two teenagers convicted in Celine's case – mother praised

Updated: Dec 20, 2021

Céline Pfister, a 13-year-old district student from Spreitenbach AG, has taken his own life in the late summer of 2017. Previously it was exposed to social media platforms and abolished. Their fate has caused dominance throughout Switzerland. The sad story went to the world as a scary example of the effects of cyberbullying.


Now the youth attorney's office Limmattal / Albis has completed criminal proceedings, such as this one confirmed the request. An adolescent from Dietikon ZH was sentenced to sentence by force for coercion. A teenage girl, also from Dietikon, allowed her months ago to attempt threats and insults. The penalty is the same in both cases: a personal success. According to findings of juvenile prosecutor's office, suicide can not be attributed to juvenile actions in both cases. "


Nadya Pfister, mother of Céline, has been an activist against cyberbullying through the case. She plans to launch a political campaign on the subject in the next few days, therefore, he now reveals his full name for the first time and promotes the imprint of an invisible image of his daughter.


Nadya Pfister says: "Persecution of Juvenile does not see any calamities between intimidation and suicide because it has committed two separate criminal cases. "It was a mistake. For two proceedings was connected:" An act did not happen without another. "

In addition, he criticized the communication:« I am a grieving mother. But I am left in darkness . "The law enforcement agency has always remained informed about the trials.

And it calls for political action: "When youth justice was written, cyberbullying had not yet existed, therefore it required a new offense for it.»


In the case of long- Celine has fallen in love with a teenager who used to be with her older companion. This one became jealous. The boy used the constellation for a bad double play.


It started with a picture from Céline's nursery, he sat in shorts and T-shirt on his bed and took a selfie in a permisive pose. a pornographic picture, but it is not intended for strangers eyes only for his chatterbox. However, it was passed on to his ex-girlfriend. Two weeks before Céline took his b cropped, photo Snapchat appeared. The boy then encouraged Céline to send him more pictures – if he did not establish his ex with more footage.


The dispute emerged first online. Dozens of young people, some of them unidentified in the real world, have strengthened the conflict with social media platforms.

In the second to last day in Céline's life, Badenfahrt, a folk festival. The dispute shifted from the Internet to the street. Céline was exposed by his former colleague with comments about his affair in front of a group.


The consequences of cyberbullying are wider than conventional thefts. Online, privacy violation is more painful, as it happens in front of a larger audience.


Education instead of Judgment


Sarah Reimann, spokesman of the youth attorney's office said: "Investigations of such tragedies include a lot of emotions for all those involved and are incredibly complex and challenging." The criminal law of the child is a criminal education law and aims to prevent further offenses. Reimann: "This basic orientation means that any preferences for the atonement and

retribution, which can be understood can not be met." (Aargauerzeitung.ch)





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