Dungeon dad under suicide watch in prison.Byline: ANI London, Mar 21 (ANI): Austrian incest fiend Josef Fritzl has spent the first night of his life sentence in jail with a cellmate cell·mate n. A person with whom one shares a cell, especially in a prison. who is on suicide watch amid fears for his mental health. Fritzl was found guilty for locking up and raping his daughter in a cellar over 24 years, fathering seven children with her and causing the death of his own infant son. At the start of the four-day trial, Fritzl pleaded not guilty for the boy's murder and imprisonment Imprisonment See also Isolation. Alcatraz Island former federal maximum security penitentiary, near San Francisco; “escapeproof.” [Am. Hist.: Flexner, 218] Altmark, the German prison ship in World War II. [Br. Hist. , however, after the testimony of his daughter Elisabeth, he changed his plea to guilty on all counts of the indictment. According to officials, the 74-year-old won't be left in a single cell, at least for the near future, reports Sky News. Fritzl's next stop will be Austria's top secure mental institution for sex offenders. He could spend up to six months at the Mittersteig prison hospital in Vienna, where he will have access to facilities including television and newspapers. From there, Fritzl will join a cellmate in either Graz, Garsten or Stein. However, he is likely to be on suicide watch for the rest of his life behind bars. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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