The Josef Fritzl case
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Deputy head of St Poelten courthouse Franz Cutka (c), and the vice-chief of the city jail, Lieutenant Colonel Erich Huber-Günsthofer (r) give a press conference. Fritzl was sentenced to life imprisonment and will be placed in a mental institution
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Josef Fritzl waits to be sentenced during his trial for incest and murder
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Josef Fritzl on day four of his trial
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Josef Fritzl during a break on the second day of his trial at the country court of St Pölten
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Journalists work outside the courthouse in St Pölten, Austria, on the second day of the trial of Josef Fritzl
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Franz Cutka, the vice-president of the criminal court in St Pölten, Austria, talks to the media on the second day of the trial of 73-year-old Josef Fritzl
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Fritzl's defence lawyer, Rudolf Mayer (right), and psychological consultant, Heidi Kastner, are pictured before the second day of the trial
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Police guard the entrance to the courthouse in St Pölten, Austria, as the trial of Josef Fritzl begins
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Josef Fritzl covers his face at the beginning of his trial at the court in St Pölten, Austria, on 16 March 2009
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Activists hold a banner reading "Austria is protecting child abuse" outside the courthouse on day one of the Fritzl trial
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The Austrian judge Andrea Humer waits to start the Josef Fritzl trial on 16 March 2009
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Elisabeth Fritzl, the daughter Josef Fritzl, who was imprisoned and abused for 24 years. She is pictured before her ordeal began in 1984
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Journalists watch the start of the Josef Fritzl trial on a television screen in a media tent next to the court building
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Josef Fritzl's house, where he imprisoned his daughter, Elisabeth, in three cramped underground rooms
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Josef Fritzl, flanked by police officers, hides his face as he arrives at court
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Austrian artists Iris Stromberger and Patrick Huber perform in front of the entrance to the court building
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A police photograph of Josef Fritzl in custody
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Prosecutor Christiane Burkheiser attends the start of the trial of Josef Fritzl on charges of incest. Fritzl pleaded guilty to all the charges against him including incest, rape, coercion and false imprisonment. He also admitted he was responsible for the deaths of one of the children he fathered with her
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The nameplate on the Fritzl home in Amstetten
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Amstetten residents and the media gather behind Josef Fritzl's house in Amstetten in April 2008
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A police forensic team outside the Fritzl house
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The basement beneath the house in Amstetten
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The exterior of Josef Fritzl's house in Amstetten
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Josef Fritzl's wife, Rosemarie
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The bathroom in the basement where Elisabeth Fritzl and her children were held
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Monika Fritzl, aged 14, one of Elisabeth Fritzl's daughters
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Alexander Fritzl, the 12-year-old son of Elisabeth Fritzl
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