VIENNA (Reuters) - An Austrian man who held his daughter captive for 24 years and fathered seven children with her had planned the construction of her basement prison years in advance, police said on Monday.
Elisabeth Fritzl, 42, was kept prisoner in a windowless dungeon under the family home, whose original part was built in the late 19th century while an extension was finished in 1983.....
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Lawyer says Austrian incest father "a broken man"
VIENNA (Reuters) - The lawyer of the Austrian man who held his daughter captive and fathered her seven children said on Sunday his client was "emotionally a broken man".
Lawyer Rudolf Mayer told Reuters Television that it would be hard for Josef Fritzl to get a fair trial in front of a jury because of the massive publicity generated by the case.....
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WITNESS: Incest in Austria: a story I didn't want to believe
Sylvia Westall started working as a trainee correspondent for Reuters in London in 2006. Based in Berlin and Vienna for the past eight months, she travelled to Amstetten, Austria to cover the story of Josef Fritzl, who imprisoned his daughter in a cellar for 24 years and fathered seven children by her.
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