Key legal question
Whether community service could be ordered instead of an unconditionally executable short prison sentence despite the defendant's uncertain ability to lawfully stay in Switzerland.
Extracted holding
Community service was not permissible because the defendant was abroad, not entitled to enter Switzerland, and had no concrete prospect of a lawful right to remain; an intention to marry a Swiss national was insufficient.
Extracted reasoning
Community service serves reparation to the local community and preservation of the offender's social network. Where the offender's continued or renewed stay in Switzerland is excluded or remains purely open, the sanction is inappropriate; the court followed its prior case law on the purpose of community service.