Josef Fritzl can be moved to regular prison, court rules

A request to release him from detention was rejected but the decision is still a win for Fritzl’s legal team as conditions in a regular prison are considered an improvement

Josef Fritzl. File picture: AP Photo/Robert Jaeger,

Josef Fritzl can be moved from psychiatric detention to a regular prison, a court ruled on Thursday.

The decision stipulates that 88-year-old Fritzl, who kept his daughter captive for 24 years and raped her thousands of times, fathering seven children with her, will have to attend regular psychotherapy and undergo psychiatric evaluations during a 10-year probation period at the prison, Austria Press Agency reported.