Thursday's news in 5 minutes.

1. Paramedics ‘talked’ Stacey Yean out of going to hospital. The next morning, she was dead.

The shattered family of a woman who died after being given the all clear by paramedics searches for answers. #7News https://t.co/NLA7X0T92v

— 7 News Melbourne (@7NewsMelbourne) March 1, 2017

An inquest into the death of 23-year-old Stacey Yean has heard that paramedics talked her out of going to the hospital.

Stacey died in January 2016 after a severe bout of vomiting. Her family and friends were so concerned, they called for an ambulance twice, 7 News reports.

During the first call, Stacey’s mother, Adrienne Yean, was told her daughter was most likely suffering from a bug and the ambulance would not attend. When Stacey’s family called a second time, it’s been claimed paramedics examined her but said she would have to “ride out” a 24-48 hour bug.

“They said to Stacey your vitals are in check and that doesn’t warrant us admitting you to hospital…you’ll be waiting five to six hours with a bucket between your legs,” Adrienne Yean told the Victorian Coroner’s Court yesterday.

Stacey’s family said she was unable to sit up in bed, was sweating profusely and that she was unusually thirsty.

The next morning, Stacey was found dead.

A lawyer from Ambulance Victoria said paramedics were never told about Stacey’s thirst symptom, or they would have tested for hyperglycaemia.

Paramedic Jessica Handley told the inquest she was “shocked and devastated” when she heard Stacey had died. She had examined Stacey and told the court the patient didn’t appear pale or sweaty and didn’t have a temperature.

“The system has failed us and failed Stacey, but if she had not been talked out of going to hospital she might still be with us today,” Stacey’s mother said in a statement.

The inquest into her death continues until Friday.

2. Paedophile dubbed ‘British Fritzl’ jailed for 27 years after he hid a girl in a hole behind his fridge.

‘British Fritzl’ Michael Dunn who hid girl in hole behind fridge jailed for 27 years https://t.co/VGgVS6KaSh pic.twitter.com/uMb8jHRjeD

— Telegraph News (@TelegraphNews) March 1, 2017

A 57-year-old paedophile has been jailed for 27 years for a string of serious sex offences, The Telegraph reports.

Michael Dunn made a “hidey hole” to conceal a girl he was abusing by knocking through the wall behind his fridge to create the cavity.

Jurors were told he used a bag of dust and a panel to cover the hole where he kept the girl when police visited on eight or nine occasions. He also kept two German shepherd dogs near the hole to put off police from looking for her.

In a statement, the hidden girl said she suffered from nightmares and had been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder following the ordeal.

Teesside Crown Court heard Dunn had preyed on four victims over a period of decades.

The man wept as he was sentenced, which followed his conviction for 10 rapes, three charges of false imprisonment and three charges of indecent assault in January.

3. A Singaporean teenager accidentally jumped to his death after a Snapchat stunt gone wrong.

A teen from Singapore died while trying to perform a risky stunt for a Snapchat video https://t.co/MP1DlnfJRP

— New York Post (@nypost) March 1, 2017

A 17-year-old has died while trying to perform a stunt for a Snapchat video.

Jonathan Chow jumped over a railing at a Singapore mall, intending to land on a ledge just beneath him. Instead, the ledge collapsed under his weight and he fell four floors, the New York Post reports.

Jonathan’s friend, Ruth, told TODAY she watched the entire accident unfold.

“‘Help me take a Snapchat video and I’ll jump’,” Ruth said Jonathan told her before his death.

“We both thought the ledge was made of concrete, but when he jumped, he fell straight through.

“I knew it was dangerous, but before I could stop him, he already jumped over. I swear I wanted to jump over too but I knew it was too late,” she said.

4. 25-year-old man jailed after raping a woman at a Sydney house party.

Scott Harry Richardson found guilty of raping American backpacker at a party https://t.co/0MeUF6YRXy pic.twitter.com/whvuPNxjIi

— Breaking News Sydney (@SydneyBrk) December 13, 2016

Scott Harry Richardson, 25, has been jailed for at least two years and three months after he raped a woman who had fallen asleep on his couch after a party, the Sydney Morning Herald reports.

Richardson, originally from England, had not met the 23-year-old victim before her boyfriend invited her to the “impromptu party” at an apartment in inner-city Sydney.

When the woman fell asleep on Richardson’s lounge room couch, he removed her shorts and underpants and woke to find him raping her.

When she asked him to stop, he replied, “This is what you want, isn’t it?”

The 25-year-old was found guilty of two counts of sexual intercourse without consent last year.

During his sentencing hearing on Wednesday this week, Judge Chris Hoy said Richardson had made “no effort to obtain consent”.

“He forced himself upon her breaching the ordinary and proper boundaries of moral and physical interaction between men and women,” he said.

He will be eligible for parole in November 2019.

5. Three people have died in a suspicious factory fire in Melbourne.

Three dead after ferocious fire rips through abandoned factory in Melbourne https://t.co/ZLP6KTjC8P #7News pic.twitter.com/b8Ie7nTolO

— 7News Yahoo7 (@Y7News) March 1, 2017

Three bodies have been found after a fire broke at a factory in Footscray, 7 News reports.

Emergency services were called to the fire at 11:30pm on Wednesday night following reports of explosions and fire.

The bodies were found inside a room near the rear of the factory. The identifies are yet to be confirmed, but they are believed to homeless.

“When I was turning I heard some screaming but I am not sure what it was,” a witness told 7 News.

“Then I saw the fire and I saw the front person was throwing water from the back but the fire was so large.”

Police are treating the fire as suspicious.

6. Six-year-old boy rushed to hospital after being hit by a car outside a Sydney primary school.

Haberfield: 6-year-old boy seriously injured after being run over. He has been taken to hospital. @NatashaSquarey https://t.co/xSzaV3lJ7z

— 7 News Sydney (@7NewsSydney) March 1, 2017

A six-year-old boy is recovering in hospital after he was hit by a car outside a Sydney primary school yesterday, 7 News reports.

The student was hit outside Haberfield Public School in Sydney’s inner-west in front of shocked parents, teachers and classmates.

The boy was rushed to hospital in the Careflight helicopter, which landed on the school’s oval.

“He had a big bruise on his head and some cuts and bruises,” a witness told 7 News.

“He was pretty upset, obviously because he was in a bit of shock.”

Police confirmed the motorist was travelling at a low speed when the boy was hit, and was given the all-clear after being breath tested.

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