The house of Josef Fritzl, who kept his daughter captive for 24 years and fathered seven children in the cellar, is pictured in the village of Amstetten June 21, 2013. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo
KREMS AN DER DONAU, Austria (Reuters) - An Austrian court on Tuesday deferred a ruling on whether the country's most infamous living criminal, 89-year-old incestuous rapist Josef Fritzl, could be transferred to regular prison from a prison psychiatric unit, his lawyer said.
A transfer could eventually pave the way for his conditional release from prison altogether, and his lawyer Astrid Wagner has said she would apply for such a release soon afterwards.
