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The moment that changed the course of Josef Fritzl’s trial was the unexpected arrival in court of his victim. Having initially pleaded not guilty to some of the charges in the case arising from his 24-year incarceration and repeated rape of his daughter in a squalid dungeon beneath his home, Fritzl reportedly broke down and wept when Elisabeth Fritzl, now 42, took the stand to testify against him
The authorities in Sankt Poelten are making the most of their sleepy, baroque town’s misfortune of being the venue for perhaps the most grotesque trial in Austria’s history. A large marquee reminiscent of a beer tent, flanked by sausage stands and a mobile sweetshop, has been erected outside the courtroom to accommodate the hundreds of journalists who’ve arrived here to follow the trial of Josef Fritzl.
Muntadher al-Zaidi, the man seen as a hero in some circles for throwing his shoes at then-U.S. President George W
The defendant in a murder trial in Stockton, California, was shot dead Wednesday after attacking the judge during a courtroom recess, authorities said. David Paradiso, suspected in the stabbing death of his girlfriend, was on the stand when the judge dismissed the jury for a recess after the defendant’s mother became upset and walked out of the courtroom, according to witnesses and court officials.