Josef Fritzl Begs for Cash From His Prison Cell

He is serving a life sentence for the rapes and for the death of one of the children he fathered with her.

In the letters, he said he needed money "to study to be a lawyer so I can defend myself".

In some of the notes, Fritzl asked her for £3500 ($6100) to "get me started."

He even complained about not being able to get special shampoo he claimed to need for his implanted hair, a transplant he had while she was caged in the rat-infested cellar he locked her up in when she was 18.Elisabeth never replied to the notes.

Fritzl's sister-in-law Christine revealed details of the letters, in which he also complained: "I can't even get a Cola."

Fritzl, who never apologised or expressed regret for putting Elisabeth through her 24-year ordeal, also longed for his 70-year-old wife Rosemarie.

"Josef dreams all the time of a future with his wife, but she will not have anything further to do with him," Christine said.

"She doesn't love him anymore and has changed her name."

Rosemarie was not allowed to take any possessions from the house beneath which her husband built his secret rape dungeon.

The courts sealed it because Fritzl owed more than £2 million in debts.

Christine revealed Elisabeth adjusted well to normal life and passed her driving test the frst time.

"She is looking for a car now. She likes wearing snazzy jeans and is proud of her children who all go to school and are doing well.

"She likes doing all the things she could never do in 24 years inside that cellar," Christine said.