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Wearing a mismatched grey suit, Josef Fritzl, 73, entered court in St Poelten, near Vienna, flanked by six policemen and concealing his face behind a blue loose-leaf binder. He later lowered the folder and with his back to the gallery, spoke softly, sometimes mumbling, in response to questions about personal details and his plea. Fritzl looked straight ahead or at his lawyer, but not at the jury or prosecutor, who accused him of raping his daughter in front of captive children. Prosecutors said Fritzl, who faces life in prison if convicted, was responsible for the death of a twin who died shortly after being born in the cellar in 1996. They said this was murder by neglect because Fritzl failed to seek help for the baby, whose body he burned in a furnace. Prompted by the judge several times, Fritzl pleaded "partially" guilty to rape and said he was guilty of depriving the children who were kept underground of their liberty. Austrian law differentiates between the severity of rapes and levels of coercion, and takes into account the degree of violence used and the consequences for the victim. Fritzl's lawyer will clarify which part of the rape charges he rejects during the closed-door part of the trial this week, said court spokesman Franz Cutka. In theory, Cutka said, Fritzl could plead guilty to the rape charge in general but dispute the prosecution's claims as to the degree of violence he used. Fritzl also pleaded innocent to a charge of enslaving his daughter Elisabeth for most of her life. "He shut (Elisabeth) away in the cellar and made her totally dependent on him, forcing her into sexual acts and treating her as if she was his own property," his charge sheet read. A verdict is expected by Friday. SOUNDPROOFED CELLAR Fritzl, a retired engineer, built the soundproofed cellar with a reinforced door under his home in the town of Amstetten. 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