Josef Fritzl

An Australian kept his daughter as a sex slave for 30 years and fathered her four children in the Melbourne house he shared with his wife, the Herald Sun newspaper reported Thursday. The case has clear parallels with Austrian Josef Fritzl, who was jailed for life earlier this year for keeping his daughter prisoner in a cellar and fathering her seven children over 24 years of sexual abuse. The alle   read more » Read Full Story

An Australian man has been charged with raping his daughter almost every day for three decades and fathering four children by her in a case that has been likened to that of Josef Fritzl. The man, who has not been named, is accused of keeping his daughter a virtual prisoner in her own home and sexually abusing her from the age of 11. The woman, who is now aged in her forties, finally reported the rapes to police in the southern state of Victoria two years ago. It is claimed she did not come forward sooner because her father threatened violence against her mother ... Read Full Story

An Australian man had been charged with sexually abusing his daughter for three decades and fathering her four children, it has been reported. The unnamed man from the southern state of Victoria apparently began abusing the girl when she was aged 11. The Herald Sun newpaper said all four children born by the father suffered birth defects and one later died. * The man is reported to have threatened his daughter with violence. The shocking case has been likened to the atrocious crimes of Austria’s Josef Fritzl who fathered seven children by his daughter. The Herald Sun reported the Australian man, now in his ... Read Full Story

by William West MELBOURNE (AFP) -- An Australian man raped his daughter almost daily for 30 years and fathered her four children, a report said on Thursday, drawing chilling comparisons with Austrian Josef Fritzl's incest case. The man, aged in his 60s, began molesting his daughter in the 1970s when she was 11 and continued until 2007, Melbourne's Herald Sun newspaper said in an exclusive report. Victoria police refused to confirm details of the case, saying it was under a court order banning reporting of proceedings and identifying the accused. The Herald Sun said the daughter was kept a "virtual prisoner" in the family ... Read Full Story

by William West MELBOURNE (AFP) -- An Australian man raped his daughter almost daily for 30 years and fathered her four children, a report said on Thursday, drawing chilling comparisons with Austrian Josef Fritzl's incest case. The man, aged in his 60s, began molesting his daughter in the 1970s when she was 11 and continued until 2007, Melbourne's Herald Sun newspaper said in an exclusive report. Victoria police refused to confirm details of the case, saying it was under a court order banning reporting of proceedings and identifying the accused. The Herald Sun said the daughter was kept a "virtual prisoner" in the family ... Read Full Story