The father sentenced to 25 years in a Texas prison for severely burning his two-month-old daughter in a microwave oven is declining to give up his parental rights.

A young father was jailed for 25 years today for severely burning his baby daughter when he put her in a microwave and turned it on for up to 20 seconds.

A PREACHER who put his two-month-old daughter in a microwave lost his bid yesterday to claim he was insane at the time.

A preacher who put his two-month-old daughter in a microwave lost his bid today to claim he was insane at the time.