16 WORLD
FRIDAY JUNE 26 2015
Maybe beef
up security
NEW YORK: A second prison
worker has been arrested and
charged over the escape of two
convicted killers weeks ago
from a maximum-security
New York jail.
Police warn escapees Richard Matt, 49, and David Sweat,
35, are likely armed and
dangerous.
They used power tools to
cut their way out of their cells
at the Clinton Correctional Facility before dawn on June 6 in
a spectacular prison break likened to a Hollywood movie.
Corrections officer Gene
Palmer, 57, has been charged
with promoting prison contraband, two counts of tampering
with evidence and one count of
official misconduct, Major
Charles Guess of the New York
State Police said yesterday.
Palmer allegedly helped
smuggle tools and other
banned items hidden in hamburger meat, said Clinton
County District Attorney Andrew Wylie.
Another prison worker,
Joyce Mitchell, had already
been charged with aiding the
escape by providing hacksaw
blades and drill bits to the pair,
again hidden in hamburger
meat, Mr Wylie said.
Palmer’s lawyer said while
the corrections officer delivered the meat to the prisoners, he
was not aware the packages
were stuffed with contraband.
Rearing
to go at
festival
The escape sparked a huge
manhunt with more than 1000
agents backed by sniffer dogs
and helicopters deployed to
find the men, who have reportedly been spotted in several locations in upstate New York.
Meanwhile the search continued in a 194sq km area in
upstate New York, and authorities said the escapees were
probably armed given the surrounding area is so heavily
stocked with weapons.
Matt, who dismembered his
boss, and Sweat, who killed a
sheriff, used power tools to cut
through cell walls and crawled
through pipes to emerge from
a manhole in the village of
Dannemora, home to the jail.
China apartment fire proves deadly
BEIJING: An early-morning
fire killed 13 people in a sevenstorey apartment building in
central China yesterday, state
broadcaster CCTV said.
The fire erupted on the
ground level of the building in
Zhengzhou, the capital of
Henan province.
CCTV said the deaths occurred on the top floor, meaning the victims likely died from
carbon monoxide poisoning.
Multiple people also were
hospitalised with burn injuries,
the broadcaster said, and the
Zhengzhou No.1 People’s Hospital yesterday confirmed four
people were receiving urgent
medical treatment for burns.
CCTV said the cause of the
fire was not known.
Many apartments in China
are not properly maintained,
and haphazard remodelling
projects have left behind safety
hazards such as bad wiring.
A horse rears in a crowd during the traditional San Juan festival in the town of Ciutadella, on the
Balearic Island of Menorca on the eve of Saint John's Day
Picture: AFP PHOTO
Open yOur hOme
tO 68,000 readers
^
every saturday
News, market analysis and
improved listings to help you
buy or sell your home.
APRIL 11, 2015
0155
2, 201
AY, MAY
SATURD
I
P T’S A
A
R
A
P
CLASSIC
SE IN
PARADI
>>
STORY
CATCH
STORY >> P2
7
M44478
Your #1 Guide to realestate
in the NT News Every Saturday.
SATURDAY,
^Source: emmaTM conducted by IpsosMediaCT, 12 months ending March 2015, NT People 14+
your guide to
NTNE01Z01MA - V1