JOSEF FRITZL has been sentenced to life in a secure mental unit for locking up and raping his daughter in a cellar over 24 years, fathering seven children with her and causing the death of his own infant son.

IN a stunning turn of events, an Austrian on trial for imprisoning his daughter for 24 years and fathering her seven children pleaded guilty yesterday to all charges against him — including homicide. The move came after his daughter appeared unexpectedly in the courtroom.

Josef Fritzl came face to face with the daughter he raped for 24 years at his trial, sources confirmed today.

JOSEF Fritzl, the man who imprisoned his daughter in a cellar and fathered her seven children, has admitted to locking up his mother until her death.