Key legal question
Whether the report relied on for extending the station-based therapeutic measure met the statutory expert-opinion requirements.
Extracted holding
For deciding on the extension of a station-based therapeutic measure, the necessary expert opinion must in principle be prepared by a psychiatric specialist physician; a report by a non-physician psychotherapist was insufficient.
Extracted reasoning
The extension under Art. 59(4) StGB requires assessment of continued dangerousness, treatability, and therapeutic effect. These questions are akin to those underlying the initial ordering of a measure and, when expert clarification is needed, must be answered by a psychiatrist under Art. 56(3) StGB.