Wednesday 16 June, 2021
Room by Lenny Abrahamson won the top prize at the Toronto International Film Festival.
The manager of Fritzl’s Cellar says the name will stay – but a lot of people are outraged.
Fritz had kept his daughter in a basement for 24 years and, through repeated rape, had fathered seven children with her. His ex-wife, Rosemarie, will no longer be able to access his pension.
The two adult sisters still say they were sexually molested but now say that another man — not their father — was responsible.
New Austrian case carries echoes of Josef Fritzl, as man found to have kept two mentally-disabled daughters locked in a room for decades.
It’s your Friday Fix: the McGivern family react to the HIQA report, should our taxes be as high as Germany’s… and Enda Kenny the goat, King of the Puck Fair.
The cellar where rapist Fritzl kept his daughter Elisabeth prisoner for 24 years will be put completely beyond use.
One local says it had become “cool” to party in the cellar where Joesf Fritzl imprisoned his daughter.
An Austrian judge rules that there’s little chance of ever selling Josef Fritzl’s house – and so it will be destroyed.
Claims he still “loves” the daughter he held captive for 24 years.
