Question juridique clé
Whether the facts established psychological coercion under Arts. 189 and 190 Swiss Criminal Code despite the victim's age, family relationship, and occasional apparent consent.
Solution extraite
Yes. The victim was placed under considerable psychological pressure through the family relationship, age difference, repeated abuse from early childhood, and an order to keep silent; the perpetrator knowingly exploited this situation.
Motifs extraits
The court held that for child victims, the intensity of coercion may be lower than for adults. Here, the niece was cognitively and emotionally dependent, feared destroying the family relationship, and was subjected to a deviant and repeated abuse pattern that made her submission comprehensible.