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| Austrian Fritzl sentenced to life | Austrian Fritzl sentenced to life |
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| Austrian Josef Fritzl, who kept his daughter in a cellar and fathered her seven children, has been convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. | Austrian Josef Fritzl, who kept his daughter in a cellar and fathered her seven children, has been convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. |
| Fritzl, 73, was found guilty of all charges against him, including rape, incest, murder and enslavement. | Fritzl, 73, was found guilty of all charges against him, including rape, incest, murder and enslavement. |
| The defendant sat still for the verdict, telling the court that he accepted it and would not appeal. | The defendant sat still for the verdict, telling the court that he accepted it and would not appeal. |
| The court ordered that Fritzl would serve his sentence in a secure psychiatric facility. | The court ordered that Fritzl would serve his sentence in a secure psychiatric facility. |
| Fritzl's lawyer, Rudolf Mayer, said outside the court after the verdict: "He showed in his confession that he realises the dimension of his crimes and offences and as such the verdict is the logical consequence." | Fritzl's lawyer, Rudolf Mayer, said outside the court after the verdict: "He showed in his confession that he realises the dimension of his crimes and offences and as such the verdict is the logical consequence." |
| The life sentence was delivered on the verdict of murder by neglect of one of his daughters children, who died soon after birth. | The life sentence was delivered on the verdict of murder by neglect of one of his daughters children, who died soon after birth. |
| The jury accepted prosecutors' arguments that the child would have survived if it had received medical care denied by Fritzl. | The jury accepted prosecutors' arguments that the child would have survived if it had received medical care denied by Fritzl. |
| The defendant first denied murder and enslavement but changed his plea to guilty after seeing testimony from his daughter. | |
| The BBC's Bethany Bell at the court says there has been an enormous amount of media interest in the trial, and its twists and turns have been enormous. | |
| At the time of the first details of this case, no-one could grasp the extent of this man's crimes, she says, and Austria still has to come to terms with it. |