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The Berne High Court confirmed custody of Peter Hans Kneubühl. SRF visited Kneubühl before the trial.
- Biel’s pensioner Peter Hans Kneubühl, who resisted the evacuation of his home with gun violence in 2010, is being detained.
- After the regional court in Biel, this has now also been decided by the High Court in Bern.
- In an interview, Kneubühl explains why he continues to resist therapy.
Legend:
The Berne High Court decided in the custody case of Peter Hans Kneubühl.
SRF
The Appeals Chamber dismissed Kneubühl’s appeal against the judgment at first instance, as Berne Chief Judge Jürg Bähler announced on Thursday. Kneubühl is not considered to be at fault due to delusional disorders. In 2013, an inpatient psychiatric measure was ordered. Because he refuses therapy, he must be held, it was also said in superior court.
Kneubühl would have to depend on official help if he was released from prison without a home and without a family. But he wants nothing to do with the authorities. The reason for this would be that he believed that he would have to defend himself again.
Kneubühl himself, 77, confirms this. In an interview with SRF he says that he does not know if people should be afraid of him: “If they try to break me, then I will fight.”
Visit to Kneubühl in prison
Peter Hans Kneubühl did not appear in court. SRF editor Matthias Thomi was able to visit him at Thun Regional Prison before the verdict was announced: “I met a nice, polite and amazingly clear older man.” For Kneubühl there is only one view: his. He sees himself as the victim of years of conspiracy by his sister and the authorities.
I am not crazy.
“In the conversation you can see that his illness has given him a tunnel vision of what is happening and nothing else applies,” says Thomi. Kneubühl himself does not consider himself crazy. He studied, worked as an engineer and teacher: “If I was mentally weak, I would not have gone there.” He is convinced that he has been declared insane so that he cannot defend himself in the process of distributing the inheritance.
Peter Hans Kneubühl has been in pre-trial detention for ten years, the most severe prison regime in Switzerland, with hardly any releases or social contacts. However, he has resisted any relocation, including hunger strikes.
Kneubühl had Crown
He’s doing quite well at the moment, Kneubühl explains in an interview, that wasn’t the case for a while. «I got infected with the corona virus. That turned me off for two months. ”As a result, he lost a lot of time on defense.
Kneubühl has a public defender who represents him in court. However, he rejects their offers of contact. “I defend myself. It’s a huge job, ”said the retiree in an interview with the prison. He has already written about 5000 pages in his defense. That is difficult because he is not a lawyer. That is why he practically never has time for himself. “For example, I haven’t read a book in months.”
Forever in jail
After the high court ruling, it seems likely that Peter Hans Kneubühl will have to remain behind bars until the end of his life, says SRF editor Matthias Thomi. He spoke to various experts who had to do with him: “They have the slightest hope that Kneubühl can be persuaded to move if there is a judgment from the highest authority.” The custody decision can still be referred to the Federal Supreme Court.
