An Austrian court has sentenced Josef Fritzl to life
in prison for charges including murder by neglect and enslavement. He
will serve his sentence in a psychiatric hospital. He and his lawyers
will not appeal the sentence.
Fritzl had been charged with kidnapping, rape, incest, grievous assault, enslavement and murder for holding his daughter Elisabeth captive in a damp dungeon and fathering seven children with her during 24 years of sexual abuse.
Fritzl had made a statement just before the sentencing. “Fritzl’s final words to the court were that he regretted with all his heart the damage done to his family”,
Fritzl, who many have described as a tyrant who ruled his family
with an iron fist, locked his daughter up in a cellar of his own home
on August 29, 1984. The room had no sunlight, no hot water, no heating
and no fresh air.
This makes me sick!! He should of been thrown in one of the world's worst prison and be doing hard time, where he can sit and think and rot!! Sick Bastard!!
Yes - God forbid a mentally ill person should be sent to an institution for the mentally ill...
I can't tell you how disgusted I am with the guy, but really; as long as he is no longer a member of society and is being prevented from ever doing anything like this again ... who gives a fuck? Onward and upward; there are more productive things to consider, like the rehabilitation of his abused daughter.
He is set to be sent to a prison for criminals with severe psychiatric problems, but there isn't a cell available for him yet (they're still constructing the torture-cellar, I hear :P).
No matter what they do to him, it will never undo the torture of his daughter and grandchildren. Seeing him live in like conditions or worse won't help them and, in fact, might even hurt them more. Victims of abuse rarely find peace in the punishment of their abuser. It's more about safety for them. Knowing he can never hurt them or anyone else is what will help them heal. That and years of intense therapy, I'm sure.
what a horrible man. i get chills every time i read about him. his poor daughter and her children. i hope they get hte best care possible, which looks like is in order. hes so disgusting- and that word doesnt even do justice.