The judges based their decision on the fact that the facts necessary for that release were not clarified. Who is he and for what crimes was he imprisoned.
The news that Joseph Fritzlknown as the ““Amstetten monster”, He could leave the psychiatric hospital where he resides to go to a regular prison and early access to prison benefits caused a stir in Austria. However, the possibility was rejected by the prosecution in charge.
In 2009, Fritzl was sentenced to life in prison for the negligent homicide of a newborn baby he fathered with his daughter. It was also declared guilty of incest, kidnapping, serious assaults and 3,000 rapes.
Josef Fritzl, the man who kidnapped and raped his daughter for 24 years
Fritzl kept his daughter kidnapped Elizabeth in the basement of his house for 24 years and sexually abused her at will. As a result of the abuse, 7 children were born. The case made the front pages of newspapers around the world when one of the children he had with his daughter fell ill and had to be taken to a hospital.
Retiree Josef Fritzl, convicted of enslaving and raping his daughter for 24 years, spoke for the first time since the case became public
Elizabeth He took the opportunity to put a help note in the boy’s pants and thanks to that he was able be released.
The transfer of Josef Fritzl to an ordinary prison that is still being debated
At the end of January, Krems regional court approved Fritzl’s request to be transferred to an ordinary prison – a first step towards an eventual request for release -, but the prosecution appealed the decision.
“Contrary to the assessment of the court of first instance, the Higher Provincial Court of Vienna concluded that the facts necessary for such conditional release have not yet been fully clarified.”the court said in a statement.
He Vienna court asked the lower court in Krems what to take more evidence before ruling again about Fritzl’s request to be transferred to a regular prison. A new hearing in Krems court scheduled for end of Aprilhe indicated to AFP the detainee’s lawyer, Astrid Wagner.
The following medical examinations of the man who kidnapped and raped his daughter for 24 years
In the More medical tests will be carried out in the coming weeks. including brain scans, Wagner said, criticizing prosecutors for “unnecessarily delaying the procedure.”
Fritzl is imprisoned in a prison for people with mental illnesses that represent a high degree of danger.
Source: Ambito
