Austrian man pleads guilty to incestuous rape

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 Austrian man pleads guilty to incestuous rape 
 

An Austrian man who is accused of imprisoning his daughter in a cellar beneath his family home for more than two decades and fathering seven children with her has gone on trial.

Josef Fritzl pleaded guilty to incest, but denied murdering a newborn baby boy or enslaving his 42-year-old daughter.

A verdict is expected this week, and if he’s found guilty, he could face life in jail.

Nadim Baba reports.