A court has overturned a decision that would have allowed rapist Josef Fritzl, known as the “Monster of Austria,” to be transferred from a psychiatric facility to a regular prison. Fritzl, who has now changed his name, which has not been made public, raped his daughter, who he held captive for 24 years, and fathered seven children born of the rapes. The case came to international attention when it became public knowledge in 2008. He has been held in a prison for “mentally disturbed” inmates after being convicted in 2009 of incest, rape, slavery, coercion and the manslaughter of his newborn son. in the underground prison he had secretly constructed under his house. Fritschl applied for a transfer to a regular prison, arguing that as an old man, in fragile health, he no longer poses a threat. However, a court in the city of Krems an der Donau ordered his transfer in January, but prosecutors appealed to the Higher District Court of […]
Source: News Beast
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