Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the rape conviction under Art. 190 Abs. 1 StGB was unlawful because the complainant's resistance was broken by psychological pressure rather than violence.
Decisione estratta
The conviction stood because the defendant used violence: he forcibly pulled the complainant's legs apart, laid his full body weight on her, and overcame substantial physical resistance.
Motivazione estratta
The Federal Court was bound by the findings of fact. Those findings described a physical assault comparable to pinning down the victim, and the circumstances made further resistance impossible and unreasonable. The court therefore found the objective and subjective elements of rape by violence satisfied.