Key legal question
Whether the old provisions on rape and sexual coercion between spouses required a complaint because the spouses still lived in a life community.
Extracted holding
Yes. The cantonally found facts showed an ongoing life community, so the offenses were subject to complaint under former Arts. 189(2) and 190(2) CP.
Extracted reasoning
The court held that life community depends on the overall reality of the marital relationship, not only separate housing. Regular joint meals, reciprocal help, retained affection and some intimacy, combined with the absence of separation proceedings, sufficed despite two separate apartments.