Facts
The appellant [A.] was found guilty by the Regional Court of Bern-Mittelland on January 14, 2022 of multiple robberies, theft, property damage, trespassing, violence and threats against authorities, obstruction of official acts, defamation, assault, violations of the Narcotics Act, the Passenger Transport Act, and the cantonal Criminal Code. He was sentenced to a custodial sentence of 34 months, a fine, a petty offence fine, and expulsion from the country. [A.] has been in pre-trial or preventive detention since October 21, 2020.
In an application dated March 24, 2022, [A.] requested release from early execution of the sentence. The Regional Court of Bern-Mittelland dismissed the request and ordered preventive detention for a period of three months. [A.] appealed against this to the Cantonal Court of Bern, which the Criminal Law Appeals Chamber dismissed with a decision dated April 29, 2022.
Considerations
The Federal Supreme Court states that the imposition of preventive detention due to the risk of repetition pursuant to Art. 221 para. 1 lit. c CrimPC is permissible, even if this does not necessarily pursue the objectives of securing the execution of the criminal sentence or measure or the appeal proceedings mentioned in Art. 231 para. 1 CrimPC. The purpose…