Question juridique clé
Whether the accused had to be released from pre-trial detention on bail despite the flight risk.
Solution extraite
The flight risk remained sufficient to justify continued detention; the proposed bail and passport deposit were not adequate safeguards.
Motifs extraits
The court weighed the accused's Swiss ties against his Ghanaian links, the seriousness of the cocaine-trafficking charges, and the likely sentence. It held that the accused had not sufficiently clarified the financial means behind the proposed third-party bail, so the deterrent effect of CHF 20,000 could not be assessed. A passport deposit was not an effective anti-flight measure.