Austrian prosecutors seek to block rapist Fritzl's move to regular prison

FILE PHOTO: Defendant Josef Fritzl is pictured during proceedings on the last day the last day of his trial at the court of law in Sankt Poelten in Austria's province of Lower Austria March 19, 2009. REUTERS/POOL/Robert Jaeger FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS/File Photo

VIENNA (Reuters) - Austrian prosecutors have filed a complaint aimed at overturning a court decision last week that 88-year-old incestuous rapist Josef Fritzl should be moved to regular prison, a court spokesman said on Thursday.

The court in the town of Krems an der Donau west of Vienna ordered last week that Fritzl be transferred conditionally out of a prison psychiatric unit and into regular custody after a psychiatric assessment found he posed no threat of re-offending.