After a hearing on Thursday, it is clear: further relaxations will soon come for Fritzl, and his placement in a nursing home seems likely from mid-2024.
She had once examined Josef Fritzl after his arrest and diagnosed him as extremely dangerous. But after new research recently, forensic psychiatrist Heidi Kastner declared the incest father “harmless” – due to his progressive dementia, which now overshadowed his personality disorder. And because of his poor physical condition.
Conclusion: From now on, the 88-year-old no longer needs to be held in a department for mentally disturbed offenders. A transfer to a prison hospital or to a nursing home – ‘outside’ – is now appropriate.
A judgment that is also shared by the psychologists who supervise Josef Fritzl behind bars.
That is why a decision must now be made step by step on various relaxation measures for Fritzl. Initially – on Thursday – there was a hearing for him before a jury. It was decided to transfer him from the measures to the normal prison system. Now it is the turn of his lawyer Astrid Wagner: she will soon submit a request to the judiciary for the conditional discharge of the 88-year-old.
Lawyer is already looking for a nursing home
In fact, his chances of being released this year are probably good. “I am already busy,” says Wagner, “looking for a place for Mr. Fritzl in a nursing home that specializes in patients with neurological problems.”
Source: Krone
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