Inmate 'baked to death in cell'

A MENTALLY ill homeless veteran who died behind bars in New York last month 'basically baked to death' in a jail cell that overheated to more than 37C.

Fifty-six-year-old Jerome Murdough had been charged with trespassing and placed in an observation unit for inmates with mental illnesses at Rikers Island.

Four city officials say Murdough, who took antipsychotic and anti-seizure medication, apparently did not open a small vent to let cool air into his cell, as other inmates did. Officials also said he was not checked for hours, in violation of department protocol.

NATION: 'NO RADICALS IN OUR RANKS'

- The Defence Force is confident there are no radical jihadists within its ranks after an urgent review following the death of a former Aussie soldier in Syria.

- Three asylum seekers have attempted suicide in Manus Island's detention centres as horrific reports regarding the living conditions of detainees are exposed in a government inquiry.

- A father who raped his daughter and was put on a good ­behaviour bond was yesterday jailed for at least five-and-a-half years after NSW's highest court blamed the top prosecutor's office for the bungle.

- A well-connected law clerk has escaped punishment after a cowardly king-hit in a pub which a lenient magistrate has said was not 'gratuitous violence'.

WORLD: WHAT DID PILOT DELETE FROM SIMULATOR?

- The FBI and Malaysian officials are trying to restore deleted files from the home flight simulator used by pilot of the missing Malaysia Airlines plane to see if it sheds any light on what happened.

- The baffling mystery over the disappearance of MH370 has united Malaysia, a nation of numerous ethnicities, as never before in recent memory.

- Russian forces have grabbed a second Ukrainian navy base in Crimea, hours after capturing navy headquarters.

- Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann are looking for a lone intruder who sexually abused five girls during break-ins.

- Reeva Steenkamp threw her hands over her head to protect herself as she was shot three times, a ballistics expert told Oscar Pistorius's murder trial.

- A public servant angry at being fired has gone on a shooting spree in his old office, killing six people turning the gun on himself.

- A man long considered Scandinavia's most notorious serial killer has been released 20 years after he confessed to crimes he didn't commit.

- A string of farmers have committed suicide in India after freak hailstorms and rains destroyed winter crops worth millions of dollars.

- Toyota will pay $1.3 billion to settle a US criminal investigation into its disclosure of faulty brakes, gas pedals and floor mats.

- IBM's Jeopardy-playing computer Watson is turning to a more serious task by teaming up with the New York Genome Centre to help fight brain cancer.

- Fourteen teens have been charged for allegedly breaking into a mansion, causing $1 million in damage and stealing items like a stuffed leopard.

SHOWBIZ: STONES SUPPORT 'SOUL BROTHER' JAGGER

- Mick Jagger's band mates have thrown their support behind the Rolling Stones frontman as he grapples with the sudden death of his partner L'Wren Scott.

- It seems Justin Bieber gave police a pretty dodgy excuse for his shaky sobriety test, taken after he was caught allegedly drag-racing in Miami.

- Lori Loughlin who played John Stamos's wife on Full House says it was just a case of bad timing that stopped the pair hooking up in real life.

- Pop princess Kylie Minogue has just released the video to her latest single, Sexercize - and it's a pretty raunchy affair.

SPORT: MURRAY AND LENDL PART WAYS

- Andy Murray and coach Ivan Lendl, who helped take him from eternal runner-up to Grand Slam champion, are ending their partnership.

- Sacked former Australian coach Mickey Arthur is making a return to high-level coaching in an unlikely combination with Calypso cool cat Chris Gayle.

- Liverpool said it was 'touched'' by a tweet from the daughter of a man aboard MH370, appealing for her dad to 'come home'' to watch the club's game

- A huge six on the last ball gave Zimbabwe victory over the Netherlands and kept their World T20 hopes alive.

- Arjen Robben has extended his contract with Champions League titleholders Bayern Munich to 2017.

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