Josef Fritzl – to go on trial in Austria

Josef Fritzl, the 73 year old man who held his daughter captive for 23 years and fathered seven children with her will go on trial in Austria. He is charged with rape, incest,coercion, enslavement and deprivation of liberty, besides murder charge for murdering one of the child. Since the case has attracted intense media interest, more than 200 journlists have arrived to cover the trial. A no-fly zone is imposed  over the court house to deter journalists taking aerial shot of the trial from helicopters.