'Italian Fritzl' and Son Arrested

Italian police have arrested a father and son in an incest case they are comparing to the horrors of the Fritzl household, the Daily Telegraph reports. The patriarch of the Turin family is accused of controlling and raping his daughter for 25 years and encouraging his son to rape both his sister and his own four daughters.

Prosecutors say the men, both scrap metal dealers, completely dominated the women in the family through a psychological "reign of terror." The elder man's daughter, 34, who police say was often kept locked in a darkened room, is being given psychiatric treatment at a shelter along with her four nieces. The two men deny all charges and are being defended by other family members.
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