I'm Josef Fritzl's lawyer fighting to free the incest beast – he told me the FIRST thing he'll do when he's released
THE first thing Josef Fritzl will do when he is released has been revealed by his lawyer.
The twisted monster was seen holding a court in Austria after he won its bid to be moved to a regular prison, which paves the way for him future Edition.
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The evil criminal was sentenced to life in prison in 2009 after he held his daughter Elisabeth captive in a bunker near his home in Amstetten for 24 years and fathered seven children with her.
The 88-year-old told A court today in Krems an der Donau that he deeply regretted his actions and that he had tackled the crimes “intensely”.
The ruling means he can now reapply for release to a nursing home within a year.
His lawyer Dr. Astrid Wagner said the monster was ordered to continue regular therapy sessions.
She also refuted previous reports that he was drinking coffee and revealed that the first thing he would do when released is get a beer.
She told The Sun: “There was a report that he was drinking coffee but this is not true – because the first thing he would do when released is have an Austrian beer.
“He wants to continue with the process – and he has a lot of confidence in it.
“He says it's in God's hands, but it's also in my hands.”
REPENTANCE
Asked how Fritzl had expressed remorse for his crimes, Dr Wagner told The Sun: “He told me he would give his life to undo what he did.
“But I said it wouldn't change anything, and that the past couldn't be undone.
“He reads the case and the files. He thinks a lot about what happened. There is a lot of regret.”
She continued: “Today's hearing was a very important first step towards his release to a nursing home.
“In Austria you can apply for parole after fifteen years, while he has already been in prison for sixteen years.
“It is probably still a bit too early to submit an application for release to a nursing home now. But this time next year, the chances are greater.
“Even if he is released, it will be like a prison because of his age.
“For an almost 90-year-old man, he is in good physical condition – the same as 16 years ago – but he cannot go for a walk.
“But because of his dementia he thinks people have invited him to parties, so he has these problems.”
After spending 15 years behind bars for his horrific crimes, his lawyer insists he is “100 percent rehabilitated” and “he would never do it again.”
She said: “He is a different person now, these sixteen years have changed him, he is a very humble person now.
'He also promised me not to commit suicide. There was something on his mind a few years ago that he was very depressed.”
She added: “We have a new psychiatric report which says he is not a danger to anyone.
“He's having a little trouble with the Dementiabut only a little.”
He would never do it again
Fritzl left for the Landesgericht District Court into the police van through the same rear entrance at approximately 8:45 a.m., after a brief 15-minute interrogation.
Reporters and members of the public were not allowed into the courtroom as the hearing took place behind closed doors.
The beast used his hand to cover his face during the half-mile journey back to Stein Prison, where he is expected to spend his first night in a general holding cell.
He is said to have struggled to hear the judges deliver their verdict, which will see Fritzl moved from Stein's high-security wing. jail to a traditional grand piano.
The court heard he had regularly read the files relating to his 2009 prosecution.
The hearing took place in a courtroom instead of a jail office, where early release requests are generally processed.
Chief Justice Ferdinand Schuster told The Sun: “This case was heard in court because it is of great importance to the media and the public.
“The suspect said he intended to submit a new application.
“It's impossible to predict future but perhaps another application can be submitted within a year.”
DAUGHTER'S TRIAL
In 2009, Fritzl was given a life sentence for incest, rape, coercion, false imprisonment, slavery and for the negligent death of one of his sons.
Elisabeth was 18 when she disappeared in 1984 and only emerged in 2008 from the dungeon-like cellar her father had built under the family home in Amstetten. Austria.
The abuse resulted in the birth of seven children, three of whom remained in captivity with their mother.
One died at the hands of Fritzl a few days after birth, and he threw the body into an incinerator.
The other three were raised by Fritzl and his wife Rosemarie after he claimed they were left on his doorstep. babies.
Rosemarie divorced him after his heinous crimes were exposed.
The crimes of Josef Fritzl
The twisted father asks his daughter Elisabeth to help him install a door in his basement in 1984.
She agreed and moments later she is drugged with an ether-soaked towel, tied up and chained to a bed. She would spend the next 24 years in the hellish prison of Amstetten.
The evil Fritzl then raped her more than 3,000 times in a bunker full of rats. He hit and kicked her and forced her to perform humiliating acts, including reenacting scenes from violent pornographic films.
Elisabeth gave birth to seven babies in the basement without medical care.
Kerstin, born in 1988, Stefan (1990) and Felix (2002) were left behind with their mother in the underground hellhole.
But Lisa, (born 1992), Monica (1994) and Alexander (1996) – were raised upstairs by Fritzl and his wife Rosemarie after he convinced her that Elisabeth had left them on their doorstep.
Alexander's twin brother Michael died shortly after birth when the cruel Fritzl threw his body into an incinerator. In the family's nightmare, Fritzl is threatened if they dare to escape and is punished by turning off the electricity.
Their nightmare came to an end when Kerstin became seriously ill in 2008.
Fritzl allowed Elisabeth to take her to the hospital, where she revealed the shocking horrors she had suffered.
Despite claiming that he was trying to be a protective father, Fritzl was sentenced to life in prison in 2009.
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