On Monday, the Vienna Higher Regional Court (OLG) revoked the application for a release from prison for the incest perpetrator Josef Fritzl (88), who was sentenced to life imprisonment. The transfer to normal prison, which was announced by a three-member Senate and was not legally binding, was limited to ten years.
The conditional transfer to normal prison, which the public prosecutor filed a complaint against, was based on a psychiatric report. Among other things, due to certified dementia. It would cover up his mental abnormality. Hope for placement in a nursing home This was followed by the three-member Senate, which, according to his lawyer Astrid Wagner, also found that the 88-year-old “is no longer dangerous” and thus paved the way for him to be transferred to a normal cell. As a result, placement in a nursing home is then possible. However, the application was rejected by the Higher Regional Court on Monday because additional medical documents are still pending. This was announced by Ferdinand Schuster, spokesman for the Kremser Regional Court. Hearing at the end of April In particular, the elimination of the dangerousness of Josef F. (who now has a different name) should be examined again in detail. A new hearing is now planned for the end of April in Krems. An exact date was not given by Schuster for the time being. The rejection by the highest court is “not logically understandable” for his defense attorney Astrid Wagner. She told the “Krone”: “There is a conclusive report. Psychiatrist Adelheid Kastner’s decision is correct. That was never contested.” The top lawyer sees an “unnecessary time delay”; after all, it is a “sociopolitically explosive case.” Amstetten incest case Almost everyone knows the terrible Amstetten incest case. A father who kept his daughter locked in a cellar dungeon for almost 24 years and fathered seven children with her. Josef Fritzl was unanimously sentenced to life imprisonment in the St. Pölten regional court in 2009 for murder by omission, rape, deprivation of liberty, severe coercion and incest. Lawyer remains confidentLawyer Astrid Wagner emphasizes again: “My client is now physically harmless and psychiatrically safe anyway. It’s not just about Mr. Fritzl. There are many who need a therapy place and now one is being blocked further.” Despite the setback, Wagner remains confident: “Mr. Fritzl can wait. He will be 100 percent released from prison.” Whether that will be the case in April after the new hearing remains to be seen…
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