An Austrian sex offender could be released early from the life sentence he received for keeping his daughter as a sex slave for decades after he was deemed “no longer dangerous”.
Josef Fritzl (88) had seven children with his own daughters over a 24-year period, and since 2009 has committed incest, rape, coercion, false imprisonment, enslavement, and even the death of one of his children. He is currently in prison on charges of negligent homicide.
After serving 16 years of a life sentence, he will be eligible for parole in 2024 and could be eligible for parole. released Report after psychiatrist says 'no longer dangerous' Metro.
Fritzl kept his daughter Elisabeth confined in the basement of his home in Amstetten from the age of 18 to 42. He also had three of his children born to him in prison due to his criminal activities.
One of the other children died shortly after birth, and Fritz and his wife, Rosemary, raised the other two, claiming they were left on their doorstep.
“I am already in the process of obtaining his conditional release,” Fritzl's lawyer Astrid Wagner told Austrian news agency Kronen Zeitung.
“If the application is approved, which I think it probably will be, I would like to see him placed in a facility for the frail,” she said. according to to mirror.
Heidi Kastner, a forensic psychiatry expert at the University of Linz, prepared a report concluding that Fritzl no longer posed a threat to the public.
She recommended that he be released and perhaps placed in a nursing home.
of new york post report Local media quoted the notorious felon as “appearing disoriented, speaking regularly into the television, believing himself to be a pop star, and discussing a visit from his family that never happened.” '' local media reported.
The incest monster has fallen and injured himself so many times in prison that he needs a walker.
According to the paper, his crimes were discovered in April 2008, when he took one of his children with his daughter to hospital with a “life-threatening illness.” post.
Elisabeth was given a new name after the trial and is now living in rural Austria with her six surviving children, aged between 17 and 31. mirror.
