Facts
[X.] is accused of having participated in significant property damage as a participant in an unauthorized demonstration in Basel on May 21, 2010. He is also accused of having disrupted the rally "Marsch fürs Läbe" organized by fundamentalist Christian and right-wing conservative circles in Zurich on September 14, 2013, and of having attacked a police officer in the process.
The Criminal Tribunal convicted [X.] of property damage, qualified by public riot and substantial damage, violence and threat against officials, multiple breaches of the peace, and aiding and abetting. The Court of Appeal upheld the first-instance judgment.
Considerations
The lower court bases the conviction of the appellant regarding the property damage on May 21, 2010, primarily on the DNA traces of the appellant found on the disguise and protective material, as well as the objective picture of destruction. The statements of third parties are of no independent significance, as they merely represent additional descriptive elements.
For the conviction of violence and threat against officials, aiding and abetting, and breach of the peace on September 14, 2013, the lower court…