Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the conviction for multiple sexual acts with children violated the presumption of innocence / in dubio pro reo because the boy's awareness of the sexual nature of his conduct was not proven.
Decisione estratta
There were serious and unavoidable doubts that the appellant understood the sexual meaning of his conduct; the conviction could not stand.
Motivazione estratta
For Art. 187 StGB, subjective awareness of the sexual significance is required. The medical and judicial assessments described the appellant as very childlike, cognitively limited, and sexually unremarkable; the appellate court's inferences from non-age-appropriate interests and knowledge of pornography were not sufficient to exclude reasonable doubt.