Austrian woman's incest and dungeon ordeal an 'unfathomable crime'

The full horror of the Austrian dungeon where a woman was allegedly held captive by her father for 24 years was revealed today.

Josef Fritzl, 73, allegedly dragged his daughter Elizabeth into the specially constructed cellar when she was 18 and then repeatedly raped her, fathering seven children with her, three of whom were also held captive underground.

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The door to the dungeon was disguised behind a shelf in a work room and was protected by an elaborate series of locks with a code built by electrical engineer Fritzl.

Today it emerged that he also had a second home less than two miles away where another cellar contained a stone bath and giant hacksaw.

The dungeon at his first house was made of solid reinforced concrete and contained a series of three rooms linked by uneven corridors 5ft high and 2ft wide. The whole area measured only 60 square metres.

read full Telegraph article for details of the crime and get-out.