Sorry tourists! Fritzl's incest dungeon to be destroyed

By Daily Mail Reporter

The cellar where Josef Fritzl carried out his crimes is to be filled in with concrete to stop it becoming a tourist attraction.

The home in Amstetten, Austria, has become a magnet for ghouls who drive by taking photos.

Officials want to compulsorily purchase the house and fill in the cellar where he imprisoned and repeatedly raped his daughter.

Ghoulish: Officials want to buy Josef Fritzl's house to stop it becoming a gruesome tourist attraction

A council spokesman said: ‘We are determined not to let this building be turned into a commercial venture.’

The property may even be demolished.

Meanwhile, according to his lawyer, Fritzl, 73, who was jailed for life on Thursday, is about to start writing his memoirs.

Fritzl had constructed an elaborate basement including this bathroom where his daughter Elisabeth and three of their children were imprisoned

The authorities are powerless to stop him publishing a book about his life, but under Austrian law he is not allowed to profit from it.

His lawyer, Rudolf Mayer, said that Fritzl would write his memoirs ‘as a way of supporting his family’, including the daughter he kept prisoner for 24 years.

The autobiography would present an account of the demons which drove him to kidnap Elisabeth at the age of 18 and rape her 3,000 times.

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Evil: Fritzl's basement included two bedrooms, a bathroom, a living area and a padded cell linked by tiny passageways

It is doubtful, however, whether Elisabeth, 42, would want to take any money from the man who stole her life.

One source said she was appalled: ‘It is like being violated all over again.’

Fritzl has been put on suicide watch since he was sentenced.

Psychologists are concerned he does not appear to care about receiving a life sentence.