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1. 16 dairy says:
   March 20th, 2009 at 9:24 am

   erm…. Anorak, how do I re-register now? the site’s changed so much since I started and I am such a technophobe that the solution is not jumping out at me….
   HELP!!!

2. 15 penster says:
   March 19th, 2009 at 11:50 pm

   I hope he gets released and the mob get him. Only then would he face anything close to justice.

   And regards to the mother Rosemarie, undoubtedly a victim of his cruelty. Elizabeth disappears, Josef has a secret area of the house noone has seen or is allowed near. He spends a large amount of time there. 3 babies belonging to Elizabeth turn up at regular intervals. Co-incidentally Josef is the only one who “finds” them. How could she not be suspicious given his abusive and criminal history? Is it known if Rosemarie or any other family member tried to locate Elizabeth - moved heaven and earth to find their sister and daughter? As Elizabeth’s siblings grew up and left home, no longer under the thumb of the old man, did any launch an investigation esp given her babies started showing up on the doorstep?

   If, when he was away anyone did venture into his downstairs area, the doors were concealed. But were not the plans for the cellar lodged with council and then illegally expanded when more room was needed for Elizabeth? So someone must have been aware of the existence of the subterrane albeit minus the expansion (but what did he do with the soil from excavating?)

   And has he ever holidayed in Praia da Luz?

3. 14 Dr Eggman says:
   March 19th, 2009 at 10:58 pm

   What a shame he’s so old. How much “life” do you think the fucker’s got left in him. Bet he manages two years, tops. I’d wire him up to the plug whilst I repeatedly whack him at various points of his elderly body with a big stick, alternating that with a paint stripping gun on his nadgers. And THAT would be too good for him.

4. 13 coolandcalm says:
   March 19th, 2009 at 8:37 pm

   Those swimming trunks were such an indication of him………. I know all about hindsight etc but sex holidays to Thailand AND video tape? eeuurrkk.

5. 12 bob says:
   March 19th, 2009 at 7:09 pm

   To be quite honest, that video footage of him in Bangkok with the lads is brilliant. How tight are those swimming briefs?

6. 11 June says:
   March 19th, 2009 at 4:38 pm

   From the way the case developed and in camera in the main, I really think noone wanted to know the details of Elisabeth’s life; just wondering if the people who were caring for her advised the whole thing was minimised to avoid further torment for her - she may be a on a lot of chemicals to keep her sane and forgetful of it all. The tape recording was only 11 hours and that seemed to be harrowing enough.

   But locking him in his own cellar would be the most appropriate if not HR and PC etc kicking up a stink.

   There were also her 3 children with her, and her other 3 deprived of their mother to consider, but I think its too big and too awful, I just hope their lives aren’t forever ruined, and Elisabeth especially can get some real pleasure and happiness.

7. 10 dairy says:
   March 19th, 2009 at 4:17 pm

   …by the way, your clock seems to be running very fast - I make it 4.05…..?

8. 9 dairy says:
   March 19th, 2009 at 4:16 pm

   ANORAK - what do you suggest I do to get this moderating problem solved? should I re-register again, would that make a difference?
   I would appreciate your comments?

   Moderator I have told admin several times about this, I’m around for a while so reregister and see what happens

9. 8 dairy says:
   March 19th, 2009 at 4:14 pm

   June… I don’t have a problem with where he is jailed, whether it be normal prison or a secure mental institute - my only concern would be that he should be incarcerated for the rest of his pathetic sordid life.
   my point was that, while people ooh and aah about how awful it is what he did to his daughter, the legal system does not seem to recognise that unimaginably horrendous crime. I for one cannot even begin to think what it must have been like for her - I don’t think anyone can.
   I agree with you that there probably isn’t a punishment severe enough for him, but the fact remains that if he had not been charged with murder (and admitted it), he would have probably been out again in just a few years’ time…. and that just sickens me….

10. 7 yampster says:
    March 19th, 2009 at 4:11 pm

    Is that because we don’t speak German?

11. 6 Fully Secured Bank Funded Pigeon says:
    March 19th, 2009 at 4:11 pm

    there’s only one thing good enough for petzl and that is a bullet in the head, and then another and another and another

12. 5 coolandcalm says:
    March 19th, 2009 at 4:01 pm

    So long as he never gets out; they have assessed him as being an ongoing threat. I think its one of those cases that we will never understand.

13. 4 June says:
    March 19th, 2009 at 3:59 pm

    Dairy

    On the whole I agree with you, but what else can they do with him to ensure he isn’t released, and perhaps the suicide watch in a mental hospital is much more stringent than in a jail. There will be no companionship at least, not for someone who is sane but evil

    But Elisabeth’s suffering does seem to count for very little, but is there a punishment severe enough to pay for it?

14. 3 yampster says:
    March 19th, 2009 at 3:29 pm

    I would rather go to prison than a Mental Hospital. The people in Mental Hospitals are all bloody mental

15. 2 dairy says:
    March 19th, 2009 at 3:27 pm

    I find it really chilling that he is not being banged up (pardon the pun, not intentional..) for abusing his daughter in a vile and obscene and unbelievable way for 24 years, but the only thing that apparently got him put away was this murder charge…????
    not taking anything away from the sheer awfulness of the child dying, but it makes it sound as if those 24 years of hell for Elisabeth Fritzl, somehow, didn’t actually matter….????? how horrendous is that and what on earth does it say about legal systems in general that such a thing can happen?

16. 1 June says:
    March 19th, 2009 at 3:20 pm

    He’s got ‘life in a mental hospital’ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/joseffritzl/5016466/Josef-Fritzl-sentenced-to-life-in-mental-hospital-for-murder-of-baby-son.html
    its too good and too lenient

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