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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.

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The jury trying incest rapist Josef Fritzl will hear more evidence today from the daughter he imprisoned in a home-made dungeon for 24 years while fathering seven children by her.

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Josef Fritzl repeatedly raped his daughter in front of the children he had already fathered by her during the 24 years he kept her in a secret dungeon, his trial heard today.

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Dungeon father Josef Fritzl, who had seven children by raping his daughter, is upset at being portrayed as a “monster” by the media, his lawyer revealed today.

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