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Austria's Fritzl admits murder and enslavement

Reverses previous plea

Posted by Agencies at 09:25 AM GMT on Mar 18, 2009

ST POELTEN, Austria (Reuters): The Austrian man who fathered seven children with a daughter he locked in a cellar for 24 years pleaded guilty to murder and Defendant Josef Fritzl arrives for his trial at the court of law in Sankt Poelten in Austria's province of Lower Austria March 16, 2009. REUTERS/POOL/Robert Jaeger/Filesenslavement today, reversing a previous plea of innocence.

Josef Fritzl (73), had earlier pleaded guilty to incest with his daughter Elisabeth, but denied murdering their newborn son and enslaving her in the windowless purpose-built cellar under his home.
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