Austrian Josef Fritzl, now a 90-year-old man convicted of a long-term imprisonment and rape of his daughter, again asked for early release from a lifetime sentence. This was confirmed on Monday by the Krems Court of Krems, TASR reports according to DPA report.
The application was filed by his lawyer Astrid Wagnerová, who had already spoken about her in her podcast. According to her, you are Fritzl has served more than 15 years, thus fulfilling the legal conditions for conditional release. “I think he deserves this chance,” She said, but also pointed out that the process may take some time.
In 1984 Fritzl He imprisoned his then 18-year-old daughter in the cellar of a family house, where he repeatedly raped her and consumed seven children with her over the next 24 years. One of them died shortly after birth.
The public learned about his crimes in April 2008. A year later They sentenced to life imprisonment for rape, incest, enslavement and killing of negligence.
The previous request for early release last year was rejected With the justification of the perpetrator’s high criminal energy and his unpreparedness for life.
