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M.B. Mack

Notorious Rapist Who Held Daughter Prisoner for Years in Home Dungeon Demands House with Basement Upon Release

Josef Fritzl had seven children with his daughter after keeping her imprisoned in his basement and sexually abusing her. (Credit: SID Lower Austria via Getty Images)

A notorious Austrian rapist is stirring controversy as he has demanded a house with a basement ahead of a potential parole release, despite holding his daughter captive in a dungeon for years.

Josef Fritzl, now 89, was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2009 after being convicted of incest, rape, coercion, false imprisonment and enslavement, according to the Express.

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