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'Aussie Fritzl' Charged With Raping Daughter for 30 Years

Man accused of keeping daughter captive, fathering 4 children with her

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(Newser) – An Australian man has been charged with rape and incest after allegedly raping his daughter for more than 30 years and fathering four children with her, Reuters reports. The man was arrested after the victim contacted police and told them she had been kept a prisoner in their home in a country town east of Melbourne. All four children have birth defects and one died shortly after birth. The woman and her three surviving children are being held in a safe house.

"It's a terrible case. It brings to all of us I think the worst possible thoughts about families and what might occur there," said Victorian state premier John Brumby, whose government has been strongly criticized for failures in its child protection system.

Security personnel wait on the steps of the Magistrates' Court in Melbourne.
Security personnel wait on the steps of the Magistrates' Court in Melbourne.   (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
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Obviously any crime of this type is one that is shocking and that is personally repulsive to me and to other Victorians. - Victoria state Premier John Brumby

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yoeydude
Sep 17, 09 6:41 AM CDT
omfg is there an epidemic of this shit ? Reply
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linkthewindow
Sep 17, 09 6:57 AM CDT
No, it's probably just being more widely reported now that stories like this sell.
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prowlerzee
Sep 17, 09 3:54 PM CDT
More widely reported? This is a follow-up on an old story, and I'm pretty sure it was 4 children surviving and one died. He left a couple of the kids in the underground bunker and took a couple in with him and his wife, the grandmother.
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prowlerzee
Sep 17, 09 4:02 PM CDT
Oh, and to answer your question, yoeydude, yes there is an epidemic of vile male rape all over the world, and it's about goddessdamned time the violent gender got called to the mat on it and help evolve our civilization. Thank you, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, for making this a world-wide priority, and for freeing the brave women journalists tracking sex slavery from places like Iran and North Korea. I can't WAIT till the SCUM end users in the U.S. are held to account. I suggest public stocks. Instead of excrement I suggest we smear them with menstrual blood. I hope we can fill entire coliseums of women spectators as each perp gets his just payback. Then maybe we'll be ready to move on. Oh, and if you negative rate the truth you're obviously underhung and need to justify paying to rape sex slaves and believe that the women "choose" this degradation.
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my-name-here
Sep 17, 09 7:46 AM CDT
Does anyone on these boards have any expertise dealing with the psychology of these sort of situations or the legalities involved? I have a question I'd like to ask someone who might be qualified to answer. Reply
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