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VIENNA (Reuters) - An Austrian court on Monday overturned a lower court's decision that 88-year-old incestuous rapist Josef Fritzl should be transferred to a regular prison from a prison psychiatric unit, Austrian news agency APA reported. Fritzl, who has now changed his name to one not made public, raped his daughter as he held her captive for 24 years, fathering her seven children. A court in the town of Krems ordered the transfer in January, but prosecutors filed a complaint aimed at overturning that decision.
Persons: Josef Fritzl, Fritzl Organizations: APA Locations: VIENNA, Austrian, Krems
CNN —Josef Fritzl, the infamous Austrian rapist and sex offender, is seeking to be transferred from prison to a nursing home due to his deteriorating health and a recent psychiatric assessment that deemed him to be no longer a danger to society, according to his lawyer. Fritzl’s lawyer Astrid Wagner told CNN that “expert opinion suggests that his illness has reached a point where the likelihood of committing serious offenses with significant consequences has diminished,” citing the assessment. Fritzl kept four of those children captive in the cellar with his daughter, while allowing the others to live upstairs with his wife. Wagner is hoping that Fritzl will be released into an open prison and subsequently a nursing home. A three-judge panel will now decide whether he should be conditionally released to a regular prison.
Persons: CNN — Josef Fritzl, Astrid Wagner, Fritzl, Wagner, , Ferdinand Schuster, Krems, Schuster Organizations: CNN, ” CNN Locations: Austria, Fritzl, Krems
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