Fritzl Again.

The victims of Fritzl can expect as many as eight years of intensive therapy.

Things we take for granted in life are totally alien to the three cellar children.

Dr Kepplinger has reserved a space in his Amstetten clinic for the five children - the sixth, a cellar child aged 19, is still in a coma - and has erected a special dark chamber where they can retreat if the sunlight and noise become overwhelming. One problem has been separating the two boys from their mother, Elisabeth. “They were probably overprotected by their mother in the cellar,” Dr Friedrich said.

Elisabeth, 42, had to shield them from the sexual abuse of her - and their - father, Josef. When they heard the sounds of their father having sex with their mother they would retreat to one of the bedrooms and watch television to blank out the noise. Now, influenced by so much television, the children's view of the world is two, rather than three-dimensional.

The older boy reportedly has problems with balance and co-ordination.

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Their fate could be iffy, if the case of "Genie" is any indication.
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