Confrontation with Justice
On March 19, 2009, Josef Fritzl received a life sentence to be served in a facility for the criminally insane, without eligibility for parole for 15 years. In a striking moment of repentance before the court, he expressed, “I am sincerely sorry.
Regrettably, I can no longer alter the past,” a statement captured by Sky News during the trial. At the age of 74, Fritzl commenced his sentence, later opting for anonymity through a name change to Josef Mayrhoff in 2017.
