FILE – Josef Fritzl, center, is escorted to the fourth day of his trial in the provincial courthouse in St. Poelten, Austria, Thursday, March 19, 2009. An Austrian court has ruled that the man who kept his daughter captive for 24 years and raped her thousands of times, fathering seven children with her, can be […]
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Austrian court says Fritzl can be moved to prison from psychiatric detention
Austrian judges have ruled that a man who kept his daughter captive for 24 years, raped her thousands of times and fathered seven children with her, can be moved from psychiatric detention to a regular prison. The decision on Monday was the latest in a legal back-and-forth over Josef Fritzl’s future. The state court in […]
Prosecutors appeal against decision to move Josef Fritzl to ordinary prison
Austrian prosecutors have appealed against a court decision that a man who kept his daughter captive for 24 years and raped her thousands of times, fathering seven children with her, can be moved from psychiatric detention to an ordinary prison. Ferdinand Schuster, spokesman for the state court in Krems, on Thursday confirmed a report by […]