Key legal question
Whether victim assistance requires a criminal offense and victim status despite a final dismissal of the criminal investigation.
Extracted holding
The office and the cantonal court could rely on the final dismissal of the criminal proceedings to deny victim status; the request therefore failed for lack of an offence.
Extracted reasoning
Under Art. 2(1) OHG and Federal Supreme Court case law, victim status presupposes a criminal offense. Where the related criminal proceedings have been finally dismissed, the authority may generally rely on that dismissal when assessing victim status.