Facts
The appellant [X.] , born in 1983, was arrested by the police on 3 June 2012. He is accused of being involved, in connection with an unauthorised party, together with 30 to 50 other persons, in an attack against various police officers and a public prosecutor present as a private individual. On 5 June 2012, the compulsory measures court of the canton of Basel-Stadt, at the request of the public prosecutor's office of Basel-Stadt, ordered pre-trial detention against [X.] on suspicion of attack, threat against authorities and officials, bodily harm, property damage and breach of the peace until 28 August 2012. On 25 July 2012, [X.] filed a request for release from custody, which was rejected by the compulsory measures court on 3 August 2012. By decision of 16 August 2012, the President of the Court of Appeal of the Canton of Basel-Stadt dismissed an appeal filed against it.
Considerations
The FSCA examined whether the requirements for the imposition of pre-trial detention pursuant to Art. 221 para. 1 lit. c CrimPC were met. It came to the conclusion that the appellant poses a significant risk of recidivism. Although the previous convictions were for rather minor sentences, a trend is emerging in the appellant's criminal activity with an increasingly rapid pace and also increasing use of violence. This means that there…