Facts
On September 5, 2013, [D.] ran over his stepfather [E.A.] with his car in a parking lot in [X.] . [E.A.] died shortly afterwards from his injuries. The public prosecutor's office brought charges of intentional homicide, alternatively negligent homicide. The district court acquitted [D.] of the charges of intentional and negligent homicide and convicted him of multiple acts of violence and serious violations of traffic regulations. The victim's relatives, [A.A.] , [B.A.] and [C.] , appealed against this judgment. The High Court upheld the first instance judgment. The appellants then filed a criminal appeal to the Federal Supreme Court. They requested that [D.] be found guilty of negligent homicide under Art. 117 of the Swiss Criminal Code and be appropriately punished. Alternatively, the case should be remanded to the High Court for reassessment.Considerations
The Federal Supreme Court quashes the judgment of the High Court and remands the case to the lower court for reassessment. It justifies this by stating that the lower court has not fully established the legally relevant facts with regard to the question of whether [D.] could have seen or heard the victim when entering the vehicle. In…