Question juridique clé
Whether the statement about not remembering or denying the word 'vertuschen' could constitute false testimony under Art. 307 StGB.
Solution extraite
Yes. False testimony can lie in an incorrect account of one's memory; denying a remembered fact, or claiming certainty when one is unsure, is objectively false.
Motifs extraits
The decisive point was not whether the word was actually used in the earlier conversation, but that the witness had previously clearly believed it was used and then expressly denied it under examination.