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Fritzl Heads to Plush Psych Cell

He'll have color TV, computer and maybe a pet in unit of Viennese hospital

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 20, 2009 4:19 AM CDT
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(Newser) – Austrian monster dad Josef Fritzl will spend his days in far plusher accommodations than his daughter, who was repeatedly raped in her cellar prison for 24 years. Fritzl has been sentenced to life and remanded to a secure psychiatric unit of a Viennese hospital because of what the judge called his "abnormality of mind." He'll have a cell to himself equipped with a bed, shower, color TV and computer—and will even be allowed a pet, reports the Daily Telegraph.

He'll share a sitting room, kitchen and tea-making area with other inmates, and will have the opportunity to study a foreign language at the facility's learning center and exercise daily in the garden. "What right does he have to live like this after all he has destroyed?" his sister-in-law asked the Daily Mirror. "They should have put him in a pit, put a lid on, locked it and thrown away the key."


Josef Fritzl stands in the courtroom in St. Poelten, Austria, yesterday after he was convicted of of homicide, enslavement, incest, rape and other charges.
Josef Fritzl stands in the courtroom in St. Poelten, Austria, yesterday after he was convicted of of homicide, enslavement, incest, rape and other charges.   (AP Photo/Robert Jaeger, Pool)
Monster dad Josef Fritzl now heads for a psychiatric facility in a Viennese hospital, where he'll be treated for what the judge called his 'abnormality of the mind.'
Monster dad Josef Fritzl now heads for a psychiatric facility in a Viennese hospital, where he'll be treated for what the judge called his 'abnormality of the mind.'   (AP Photo/Robert Jaeger, Pool)
Photographers take pictures beside a television screen, which shows Josef Fritzl, in a media tent near the country court in St. Poelten, Austria, yesterday.
Photographers take pictures beside a television screen, which shows Josef Fritzl, in a media tent near the country court in St. Poelten, Austria, yesterday.   (AP Photo/Christof Stache)
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COMMENTS
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astrohotty
May 22, 2010 9:03 PM CDT
He deserves solitary confinement the rest of his pathetic excuse for a life, that would be JUSTICE. Torture would be justice!
cornelison
Mar 21, 2009 12:30 PM CDT
He knew he was committing a crime from the time he assaulted his daughter when she was 11 yrs. old. The guy has symptoms of a sociopath, not a psychopath. A mentally ill person would not have all the intricate planning he did all those year. Remember "The Shawshank Redemption?" That's where Fritzl belongs. Does anyone agree?
Vanilla
Mar 21, 2009 12:26 PM CDT
Evil prevails once again eh?

Fritzl could be out in 14 years
Telegraph (UK)

 
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