NEW YORK CITY authorities have agreed to pay $9.9 million (€8.26m) to an innocent man who spent 19 years behind bars after being framed by a notorious police detective who doubled as killer for the mob.

TWO former New York detectives given life sentences for moonlighting as hitmen for the mob were yesterday set to make a bid to get back on the streets following a sensational twist in the case.

Two former New York detectives accused of carrying out Mafia executions and supplying mob bosses with the names of informants were ordered to be held without bail pending trial in New York.