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.

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.

A man has gone on trial in Austria accused of imprisoning his daughter for 24 years and fathering her seven children.

Joseph Fritzl will go on trial today facing charges of murder, rape, incest, coercion, false imprisonment and enslavement.

JOSEF FRITZL, a 73-year-old Austrian who locked his daughter in a cellar for 24 years and fathered seven children with her, expects to spend the rest of his life in jail, his lawyer said yesterday.

The Austrian father who raped his daughter and had seven children by her expects to die behind bars, his lawyer said today.

Josef Fritzl has insisted he did his best to care for the daughter he repeatedly raped and their seven children.

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.

The Austrian man who allegedly imprisoned his daughter and fathered seven children with her, first planned to build his secret cell as early as 1978, when his daughter was 12, authorities said today.

AUSTRIAN Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer said his government planned to launch an image campaign to restore its reputation abroad after an incest case that shocked the world.

Long-lost members of an Austrian family terrorised by decades of imprisonment had an “astonishing” reunion at the clinic where psychiatrists are helping them cope.

Long-lost members of an Austrian family terrorised by decades of imprisonment had an "astonishing" reunion at the clinic where psychiatrists are helping them cope, authorities said today.

The Austrian pensioner who had seven children by his captive daughter appeared before a judge today looking calm and untroubled.