Facts
In 2008, the High Court of the Canton of Bern convicted [A.] for multiple acts of sexual acts with children, sexual coercion, sexual harassment, and pornography. After his conditional release from criminal and therapeutic custody in May 2017, a new criminal proceeding was initiated against him, as a large amount of child pornographic material was seized during house searches. The Compulsory Measures Court of the Canton of Basel-Stadt then ordered pretrial detention, which [A.] had unsuccessfully appealed against before the Court of Appeal of the Canton of Basel-Stadt. [A.] filed an appeal against this decision with the Federal Supreme Court.Considerations
The Federal Supreme Court dismissed the appeal. It found that the strong suspicion of guilt against [A.] based on the seized child pornographic files was undisputed. The special ground for detention of the risk of repetition pursuant to Art. 221 para. 1 lit. c CrimPC was also fulfilled:
The consumption of child pornography promotes the production of such products and thus indirectly contributes to the sexual abuse of children. Therefore, the considerable relevance to public safety…