Key legal question
Whether the applicant was entitled to LAVI compensation despite uncertainty about the occurrence of an offence.
Extracted holding
LAVI assistance, including compensation and moral damages, presupposes that an offence is established; here that condition was not met.
Extracted reasoning
The cantonal court could conclude that the fall may have resulted from a mere jostling by hurried passers-by. Because the existence of an offence was not proven, the statutory conditions for indemnification were absent.