Austrian woman says her father held her in cellar for 24 years

[pigeonhole]

Mad people- not worth the intensive media coverage - which could even give ideas to some other nutball....

[NadjaBreton]

This story is even more repulsive and disturbing to me than the brainwashed pedophile Mormons. I mean dear god, can you imagine living in that cellar for 24 years as that old evil geezer's sex slave? Sickening. The daughter's life is completely ruined... I mean, she's already middle-aged. And the two teenagers who had never even seen sunlight before... it's just unfathomable and horrific.

[Lindsey_Mcfarren]

I can't think of a punishment severe enough for the man that locked his daughter and grandchildren up like this and continued to rape them. It staggers the mind.

[internat]

Very weird and disturbing, indeed. I understand there is no fitting punishment within the modern legal framework. I think the father should be executed. I'm only concerned it would be too easy so a slow and painful death is what he should have. Better would have been castration and torture. I doubt there would be a shortage of people willing to torture him. I'm aware Austria does not have capital punishment.

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Now his crime is not just rape. Even so in my opinion rape should carry death penalty although I'm not sure if I think it should apply to adult women as well.