Austria ? Numbers told the story of one of Austria’s most notorious crimes: A father locked his daughter in a dungeon for 24 years. He raped her 3,000 times. She bore him seven children. And he let one — an infant — die in captivity.

On Thursday, a jury sentenced Josef Fritzl to life in a psychiatric ward, ending a case that has drawn revulsion around the world.

Fritzl, 73, sat calmly and bowed his head as a jury convicted him of all the charges against him — homicide, enslavement, rape, incest, forced imprisonment and coercion. After locking eyes with his lawyer, he waived his right to appeal, ending a case that has drawn revulsion worldwide.

The homicide count — “murder by neglect” in German — was the most serious charge, and the jury gave Fritzl the maximum punishment allowed.

“I regret it with all my heart … I can’t make it right anymore,” Fritzl told the court hours before the verdicts were announced.

Fritzl remained under a suicide watch, according to Erich Huber-Guensthofer, deputy head of the St. Poelten prison where Fritzl has been held.