Fritzl trial starts in Austria

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

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

Josef Fritzl held a blue file folder over his face as he was escorted into the courthouse in St Poelten, west of Vienna, where he is on trial for murder, rape, incest, coercion, false imprisonment and enslavement.

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