Facts
The defendant [A.], a primary school teacher, committed multiple sexual acts on children, including students [F.] and [G.], over the course of several years. On May 5, 1992, the District Court of Bülach sentenced him to 6.5 years' imprisonment for these acts, under the former Art. 191 SCC. The defendant and the Public Prosecutor's Office of the Canton of Zurich appealed against this judgment. [F.] and [G.] also filed a joint appeal.
The Cantonal Court of Zurich sentenced [A.] on May 7, 1993, to 5.5 years' imprisonment for repeated sexual acts on children, under Art. 187 para. 1 SCC. It also ordered an outpatient accompanying measure for the execution of the sentence, prohibited him from practicing the profession of teacher and from being a member of an authority or a public official for 5 years, and ordered him to pay damages and compensation to [F.] and G.
[A.] filed a nullity appeal against this judgment.
Considerations
The Federal Tribunal considers that the acts committed by the defendant constitute a single unit in terms of the statute of limitations, within the meaning of Art. 71 para. 2 SCC. Although the acts were committed at different times, before and after the students' transition to secondary school, they were of the same nature, targeted the same protected legal interest (the sexual integrity…