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A man goes on trial in Austria today accused of locking his daughter in a basement for years. |
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Josef Fritzl is charged with rape, incest, enslavement, as well as with murdering one of seven babies he fathered with his daughter. |
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Bethany Bell reports from St Poelten. |
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Prosecutors argued that the baby, a twin, might have survived if had been taken to a doctor. |
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If he's on guilty of murder, Josef Fritzl could spend the rest of his life in jail. |
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The charges of enslavement and rape carry sentences of 20 and 15 years. |
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Josef Fritzl's lawyer Rudolf Mayer has told Austrian media that his client will plead guilty to most of the charges, but will contest the murder charge. |
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He's also described the slavery charge as questionable. |
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The trial is expected to last a week. |