Question juridique clé
Whether the child's seizure was kidnapping or qualified hostage-taking
Solution extraite
The conduct fell under hostage-taking; a relative of the person from whom ransom is demanded is still a 'third person' under Art. 185 StGB.
Motifs extraits
The Court upheld its case law that Art. 185 StGB applies to any abduction used to coerce a third person, including relatives of the victim, and refused to narrow the concept by family proximity.