THE wife of a man dubbed the German Josef Fritzl, who fathered eight children with his stepdaughter, refused Wednesday to give evidence at his trial.<\/p>\n
Detlef S., a 48-year-old unemployed truck driver from Fluterschen, near Bonn, is accused of abusing his stepdaughter, his natural daughter and his stepson for 23 years. It is also alleged he sold the two girls to friends for sex, one of them when she was 12 years old.<\/p>\n
He denies all the charges, but has admitted he is the father of the children. In total, the defendant is charged with 350 counts of sexual assault and grievous sexual assault of minors.<\/p>\n
His 52-year-old wife, named only as Erika S. due to German privacy laws, had been due to give evidence Wednesday before the Koblenz provincial court. When asked by the judge Winfried Hetger if she would like to testify, she replied “No.”<\/p>\n
According to the German newspaper Bild, she clasped her hands, looked nervous and shook as she walked into the courtroom. She also reportedly glanced at her husband and shrugged her shoulders.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors said before the trial that DNA samples confirmed Detlef S. had fathered seven children. An eighth child died before samples could be taken.<\/p>\n
The case first came to light last year when the man’s stepdaughter found a letter from another of his daughters containing allegations of abuse against her father. This gave her the courage to go to police and Detlef S. was arrested in August last year.<\/p>\n
The stepdaughter told the newspaper, “I hope he gets the right punishment and can never harm anyone again.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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