Fritzl prepares to die in prison

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.

Fritzl goes on trial in a provincial court on March 16 for the murder of a child who died shortly after being born in the cellar, as well as five other charges, including incest.

“He is 73-years-old. The [length of] the sentence is of no importance to him,” Fritzl’s lawyer Rudolf Mayer said, adding that his client expected to spend the rest of his life behind bars.