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Fritzl daughter tells of nightmare

The full harrowing ordeal suffered by incest rapist Josef Fritzl's daughter whas been spelled out in video evidence at his trial.

It was the first time that Fritzl ,73, had seen Elisabeth since she was freed from the dungeon underneath his house where he kept her as a sex slave for 24 years.

The hearing was behind closed doors to protect her and a court spokesman said the details of her evidence were confidential.

But he said Fritzl, who fathered seven children by Elisabeth, "watched the video with great care and attention".

Meanwhile it emerged Fritzl had been given his own psychiatrist as part of the measures to guard against his possible suicide.

The man holds sessions with Fritzl during court breaks and before and after the trial, said the spokesman.

"It is part of our comprehensive care provision for Fritzl and one of the measures designed to prevent suicide."

Fritzl again hid his face behind a blue binder and stayed silent as he was led into the court in St Poelten, near Vienna, for the second day of his trial.

But he briefly dropped his guard and his picture was captured by waiting media for the first time since he was arrested in April last year.

He has pleaded guilty to rape, incest and false imprisonment, but denies the murder of one of the children who died as a baby and enslavement charges.

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