Josef Fritzl

Fritzl bombards family with ‘meet me’ calls

Fritzl bombards family with ‘meet me’ callsLondon, Apr 11: Josef Fritzl, the Austrian man who has been convicted of imprisoning his daughter for 24 years in a windowless cellar and fathering her seven children, is begging his family through phone calls to visit him in jail, it has emerged.

The calls, however, usually end with kids hanging up on him, prison officials said.

The 74-year-old has not been able to contact his daughter Elisabeth, 42, or the six children he fathered with her during her ordeal, reports The Sun.

My dad was “sort of husband", bro "sort of lover": Italian Fritzl’s daughter

My dad was “sort of husband", bro "sort of lover": Italian Fritzl’s daughterLondon, Apr 1 : The daughter of "Italian Josef Fritzl" has for the first time spoken of her trauma of how she was allegedly molested by her father from the age of nine and then forced to have full sex with her brother when she turned 16.

Michele Mongelli, 64, a scrap metal dealer, and one of his sons, Giuseppe, 41, have been arrested on suspicion of rape and sexual abuse and face up to 20 years in jail if convicted.

‘Remorseful’ Fritzl wanted to make life ‘pleasant’ for dungeon family

‘Remorseful’ Fritzl wanted to make life ‘pleasant’ for dungeon familyLondon, Mar 28: In his first interview from the prison cell, Austrian incest fiend Josef Fritzl has claimed that he tried to make life “as pleasant as possible” for the daughter he raped for more than two decades and her kids.

The 73-year-old held Elisabeth in a secret dungeon for 24 years.

Fritzl was jailed for life last week after admitting raping Elisabeth more than 3,000 times and fathering seven children – one of whom he murdered hours after it was born.

Fritzl moved to CCTV cell to stop suicide attempts

Fritzl moved to CCTV cell to stop suicide attemptsLondon, Mar 25 : Austrian incest fiend Josef Fritzl has been moved to a cell with CCTV in a bid to stop suicide attempts.

Officials in prison fear that the 74-year-old may try to kill himself.

His cellmate is under orders to report odd behaviour, reports The Sun.

Last week, Fritzl was convicted over his daughter's 24-year rape ordeal.

His jail door sign in St Poelten, Austria, reads "Date of Release: Death."

‘Fritzl’s modern prison includes gym, provides choir and tennis classes’

Cellar family considering moving to BritainLondon, Mar 22 : Austrian incest fiend Josef Fritzl is expected to chose a former nunnery converted into a comfortable modern prison as the place in which he will serve his life sentence.

The 74-year-old has been jailed for murder, rape, enslavement, coercion and incest after caging his daughter in a rat-infested dungeon for 24 years and fathering seven children by her, six of whom survived.

Trial of ‘Polish Fritzl’ begins day after dungeon dad’s conviction

Trial of ‘Polish Fritzl’ begins day after dungeon dad’s convictionLondon, Mar 21 : A day after Josef Fritzl's case came to a close in Austria, the trial of a 46-year-old man accused of imprisoning and raping his daughter opened in northern Poland.

Krzysztof B, dubbed the "Polish Fritzl", took the stand on Friday after he allegedly raped his daughter repeatedly and kept her prisoner for six years.

He faces charges of repeatedly raping his daughter using violence and threats, and physically and emotionally abusing his family, reports The Times.

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