The Josef Fritzl case

Deputy head of St Poelten courthouse Franz Cutka (c), and the vice-chief of the city jail, Lieutenant Colonel Erich Huber-Günsthofer (r) give a press conference. Fritzl was sentenced to life imprisonment and will be placed in a mental institution Photograph: Dieter Nagl/AFP/Getty Images

Josef Fritzl waits to be sentenced during his trial for incest and murder Photograph: Robert Jaeger/AFP/Getty Images

Josef Fritzl on day four of his trial Photograph: Getty Images

Josef Fritzl during a break on the second day of his trial at the country court of St Pölten Photograph: Getty Images

Journalists work outside the courthouse in St Pölten, Austria, on the second day of the trial of Josef Fritzl Photograph: Dieter Nagl/Getty Images

Franz Cutka, the vice-president of the criminal court in St Pölten, Austria, talks to the media on the second day of the trial of 73-year-old Josef Fritzl Photograph: Heinz-Peter Bader/Reuters

Fritzl's defence lawyer, Rudolf Mayer (right), and psychological consultant, Heidi Kastner, are pictured before the second day of the trial Photograph: Robert Jaeger/AP

Police guard the entrance to the courthouse in St Pölten, Austria, as the trial of Josef Fritzl begins Photograph: Heinz-Peter Bader/Reuters

Josef Fritzl covers his face at the beginning of his trial at the court in St Pölten, Austria, on 16 March 2009 Photograph: Getty Images

Activists hold a banner reading "Austria is protecting child abuse" outside the courthouse on day one of the Fritzl trial Photograph: Dieter Nagl/Getty Images

The Austrian judge Andrea Humer waits to start the Josef Fritzl trial on 16 March 2009 Photograph: Ho/REUTERS

Elisabeth Fritzl, the daughter Josef Fritzl, who was imprisoned and abused for 24 years. She is pictured before her ordeal began in 1984 Photograph: Rex Features

Journalists watch the start of the Josef Fritzl trial on a television screen in a media tent next to the court building Photograph: Herwig Prammer/Reuters

Josef Fritzl's house, where he imprisoned his daughter, Elisabeth, in three cramped underground rooms Photograph: Markus Loitfelder/AFP/Getty

Josef Fritzl, flanked by police officers, hides his face as he arrives at court Photograph: Helmut Fohringer/Getty Images

Austrian artists Iris Stromberger and Patrick Huber perform in front of the entrance to the court building Photograph: Miguel Villagran/Getty Images

A police photograph of Josef Fritzl in custody Photograph: AFP

Prosecutor Christiane Burkheiser attends the start of the trial of Josef Fritzl on charges of incest. Fritzl pleaded guilty to all the charges against him including incest, rape, coercion and false imprisonment. He also admitted he was responsible for the deaths of one of the children he fathered with her Photograph: Robert Jaeger/Getty Images

The nameplate on the Fritzl home in Amstetten Photograph: Dieter Nagl /AFP

Amstetten residents and the media gather behind Josef Fritzl's house in Amstetten in April 2008 Photograph: Johannes Simon/Getty Images

A police forensic team outside the Fritzl house Photograph: Herbert P Oczeret/EPA

The basement beneath the house in Amstetten Photograph: AFP

The exterior of Josef Fritzl's house in Amstetten Photograph: Johannes Simon/Getty Images

Josef Fritzl's wife, Rosemarie Photograph: Newspix/Rex Features

The bathroom in the basement where Elisabeth Fritzl and her children were held Photograph: AFP

Monika Fritzl, aged 14, one of Elisabeth Fritzl's daughters Photograph: Newspix/Rex Features

Alexander Fritzl, the 12-year-old son of Elisabeth Fritzl Photograph: Newspix/Rex Features