A rape victim who was found dead before her attacker's trial helped to convict him "from beyond the grave", police said.

Masood Mansouri was jailed for 13 years at Chester Crown Court for the kidnap and rape of Ceri Linden, 20, last year.
She flagged down Mansouri's car in Chester thinking it was a taxi, but she was taken to his house and attacked.
North Wales Police said his conviction was thanks to her "powerful" video interview, which was played to jurors.
They added it was a "tragedy" that she had not seen the outcome of her bravery.
The Crown Prosecution Service said Ms Linden, from Colwyn Bay, stopped the car in the early hours of 10 August and thought she was going to be taken to a bar where her friends were.
After Mansouri, 33, attacked her, she hid behind bushes close to his home and called her friends for help.
The mother-of-one was found dead at her home days after the police interview. An inquest has yet to take place.
Mansouri was sentenced to six years for the offence of kidnap, 10 years for sexual assault, and 13 years for rape, all to run concurrently.
Det Insp Claire Coleman, head of Cheshire Police's rape unit, said: "So powerful was the account provided by Ceri that her video evidence was used to bring Mansouri to trial.
"The court heard the victim describe in her own words what Mansouri had put her through. This is a brave lady, who found the courage to tell her story.
"The tragedy of this case is that our victim achieved so much, but will not share the outcome. Our thoughts are with her family."
In a statement, Miss Linden's mother, Eleri, described her daughter as "intelligent, caring and kind-hearted".
She said: "Losing her has left a hole in our lives which can never be filled and a pain in our hearts which will never heal.
"Ceri's lovely little daughter, Bethan, has to grow up without her beautiful mummy."


New Zealand batsman Corey Anderson has struck the fastest ever international century.

He reached his 100 in a one-day match against West Indies in Queenstown from 36 balls, breaking the record of 37 set by Pakistan's Shahid Afridi in 1996.
Anderson, 23, finished with 131 from 47 balls with his ton including 14 sixes and six fours.
The Kiwis made 283 for four in just 21 overs on their way to a 159-run victory in a rain-shortened match.
Anderson was supported by Jesse Ryder, whose 104 was itself the sixth fastest ton in ODIs in only his second match since being left in an induced coma after being attacked outside a nightclub last March.
The pair, who put on 191 for the fourth wicket, came together at 84 for three in the seventh over.
Anderson said he was unaware of the record.
"I didn't have a clue actually. It's not that I'd look it up and try and take it down. But it's nice to have it," he said.
Among some ugly West Indies bowling figures was Ravi Rampaul, who went for 64 runs off three overs. The tourists, who won the toss and put New Zealand into bat, made 124 for five in reply.
The result left the five-game series tied at 1-1 with two matches remaining.


"I thought it would be a good idea to jump onto part of the forklift and just try to show off..."

Sammi Kinghorn, 14 at the time and playing at the family farm in the Borders, suffered a life-changing accident seven years ago.
"My Dad didn't realise that I had jumped on [the forklift] and he just carried on with his job; he started to lower the beam down on top of me," the 21-year-old record-breaking T53 Para-athlete tells BBC Scotland.
"I remember watching as the bucket started to lower and screaming: 'Dad, please don't!' I remember watching the beam come down and thinking in that moment: 'I'm going to die - my Dad's going to think he's killed me. He's not going to be able to live with that.'"
Kinghorn's life has changed a great deal since the accident at her Berwickshire farm, and the Scottish Paralympian wheelchair racer has taken the sport by storm.
Preparing for next month's World Para-Athletics Championships in London, Kinghorn reels off her records with aplomb.
"I broke the 200m world record in Arizona, I broke the 100m European record, the 400m European record and the 800m European record in Switzerland," she says.
"It gives me great confidence knowing that the competition was so high. It was fantastic to see where I was in the world and to be able to keep the performances going and to break even more records was really cool."
Reflecting on her accident on that snowy day in December seven years ago, Kinghorn recalls: "The first feeling I felt was guilt, and then an enormous amount of pain as I felt my back go - I heard it and I knew that it wasn't good. As I lay there, I remember feeling all the muscles in my legs tightening up and then squeezing, and then just release.
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"All my toes felt like they were moving individually and then they just stopped. I knew in that moment that I wasn't going to be able to feel my legs again. I was carried into my house and we waited for the ambulance to come. I then spent about six months in the Southern General Hospital in Glasgow."
Kinghorn's dad Neill admits it is a bitter-sweet experience weighing up his daughter's success.
"To hear that your daughter has just broken a world record - it's very emotional with everything we've been through," he says.
"Her determination to start achieving what she wants to achieve… she always says 'Well Dad, it was maybe meant to happen. It was maybe meant to be like this'.
"But, on the other hand, what would she have been doing with her life if the accident hadn't happened? But, as Samantha says, 'I'm happy, I'm doing things I would never have thought of doing'. She's seen more of the world than she ever thought she would see.
"It's very bitter-sweet some days, there are good days and bad days."
Kinghorn herself is resolutely upbeat, refusing to dwell on the misfortune which has shaped her life.
"The worst thing for me is when people say 'You are making the best of a bad situation'.  I am like, 'It isn't a bad situation I am in'. It is just a situation I wouldn't have chosen for myself.  But is not a bad situation.
"I can't stand up and put one leg in front of another but I can push pretty fast. I can travel the world and meet so many incredible people.  I love my life."
Kinghorn's coach Ian Mirfin believes the tenacious Scot will be a medal contender at London's Olympic Stadium, where the World Championships will be held from 14-23 July.
"It really is a tough sport," he says. "Wheelchair racing, in my opinion, is the toughest of the Para sports. There were nearly 400 athletes at the competition we were at in Switzerland.
"The days of Para sport being something where you can show up and medals are easy to come by are long since gone.
"I think with the World Championships, Sammi is going to be a contender. Everybody's looking at her; you could see that when we were in Switzerland and the girls are very wary of her.
"She's certainly moved up a notch and it's hard to predict what will happen, other than she's going to go in in great shape. She'll be a contender."
What are Kinghorn's own targets for the event?
"The first expectation is to make the finals and then, on the day of my final, if everything goes right, you just have to wait and see," she adds.
"I  watched London 2012 and I can't wait to be in that stadium. It's a dream come true really. And, to be in such great form going into London, I can't wait."


A man accused of attempting to throw cannabis over a wall into Bristol Prison has been charged with a drugs offence.

Jamie Ogbourne, 35, from Brigstock Road, was arrested on Friday when he was "spotted outside the prison", Avon and Somerset Police said.
Mr Ogbourne, who was also charged with possession of cannabis resin is due to appear at Bristol Magistrates' Court.
HMP Bristol is a category B men's prison in Horfield.


The son of a police and crime commissioner (PCC) accused of killing a woman in a road crash has told a court he was horrified by the crash.

Henry Bett, 26, of Hall Lane, Thornham, Norfolk, was driving a tractor involved in a collision with a Fiat car driven by Rebecca Brown, 43, who was killed.
Mr Bett, a farmer and the son of Norfolk PCC Stephen Bett, denies causing death by dangerous driving.
The trial at Peterborough Crown Court, sitting in Huntingdon, continues.
Mrs Brown, of Castle Acre, Norfolk, died when the Fiat people carrier she was driving was crushed in the collision with Mr Bett's Fendt tractor on the West Acre Road at about 15:10 GMT on 4 December 2013.
Mr Bett described rushing to the car to find Mrs Brown "catastrophically" injured and her son, who had been in the passenger seat of the car, shouting and trying to help her.
Asked how he felt about being involved in a fatal collision, he said: "You can't put it into words. Horrifying."
But he added: "I do not believe I was driving dangerously."
Police found evidence the defendant had previously taken cocaine.
Asked by Lawrence Bruce, defending, if he had been under the influence of cocaine or its after effects at the time of the incident, he said: "No."
The maximum speed of the tractor was 40mph (64km/h), but on public roads it is illegal to drive tractors above 20mph (32km/h).
Mr Bett said he had set the vehicle's speed limiter to comply with the law.
Asked why this was at the maximum level when inspected by officers, he said: "I didn't set it at that level."
He explained in interview that the dial must have been pushed forward as he was thrown on to the dashboard in the collision.
The trial, due to end next week, will be heard by 11 jurors after one member was discharged on Tuesday when concerns were raised about her conduct.


A memorial garden honouring ex-Coventry City manager and chairman Jimmy Hill is to be created at the Ricoh Arena.

Hill, one of football's most influential figures, died in December 2015 aged 87.
The garden will be officially opened before the Sky Blues' final home game of the season against Sheffield United on Saturday, 30 April.
The memorial will have a specially-carved plaque in tribute to Hill and some of his ashes will be scattered.
"This is the last journey - I'm sure we will have a lot of people wanting to pay their respects to Jimmy," former city chairman Joe Elliot told BBC Coventry and Warwickshire.
"People will be able to have their plaques and scatter their ashes in the Jimmy Hill Garden - it will be for supporters.
"But Jimmy will have the centrepiece - it will look fantastic."
Hill, who had played nearly 300 games for Fulham in his career, helped end the maximum wage for players as chairman of the Professional Footballers' Association.
He had a six-year stint as Coventry manager in the 1960s before moving into broadcasting in 1968 after guiding the club into the First Division for the first time.
Hill went on to present more than 600 episodes of Match of the Day before returning to the Sky Blues as chairman.
It was during his memorial service at Coventry Cathedral that Hill's widow, Bryony, suggested the idea of returning some of his ashes to the city.
"So many people come to the memorial garden and now it's going to be doubled in size," Elliot said.
"There is part of Jimmy Hill coming back to the city he loved."


A whopping 30,000 eggs, 2,500 bags of flour and a whole load of butter has been used to make a 450m birthday cake for the city of Rio De Janeiro.

1 March 2015 Last updated at 12:24 GMT
Rio in Brazil will host next year's Olympic Games, but today it's celebrating its 450th anniversary.
Almost 800 trays have been used to make the cake and it will be assembled in the city's streets where it will be decorated with whipped cream and filled with milk fudge.
Lots of other events will be taking place to mark the day.
Check out the clip to see how many ingredients it takes to make such a huge cake...


When former England Under-20 captain Josh Walker found himself without a club last summer, a move to a place where "a load of cows just roam the streets" intrigued him more than any other.

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Rather than join the 10th British club of a nomadic career after leaving Gateshead, the 25-year-old midfielder headed for India to join champions Bengaluru FC in the I-League.
"India was somewhere I'd never even thought of going on holiday, let alone to play football," Walker told BBC Inside Out.
"The things I was being offered to stay in the United Kingdom, I thought, it's time to try something new."
Culturally, the move to India has given him a new perspective.
As his Bangalore-based team's 'marquee' signing for 2014-15, Walker is a player to be respected and an ambassador for the growing league - featuring on billboards to promote football to a cricket-mad population.
"It's different, sights you see on the road and the street," the Tynesider continued.
"You might find a few cats on the streets in England but here you see a load of cows just roaming the streets.
"The fans are that fanatical, you're known. It makes you more professional because you're an idol to them."
If Walker was unsure of the lifestyle he would encounter, his on-the-field experiences were even more of a surprise.
However, he had heard good things from former Boro academy team-mate John Johnson who was already with Bengaluru, and was also reunited with another man he used to play with in manager Ashley Westwood.
"The football is a lot better than what I imagined," Walker said.
"I didn't know anything about Indian football until John came out here.
"Since I've been here there's some real talent, we've got some good young Indian players and the Indian captain."
The I-League - not to be confused with the high-profile Indian Super League tournament which started last year  - was set up in 2007 and features 11 teams.
Walker's team are fifth in the league and had an average attendance last season of 7,038 - a far cry from Gateshead's 886.
For the lad from Killingworth in Newcastle to find himself in India at all is something of a surprise, given his early promise.
After making the grade with Middlesbrough, to the extent that he made his Premier League debut at the age of 17, Walker says he found not being involved tough to take as a hungry young player.
"I wanted to play week in, week out in the Premier League at 17," he said.
"I'd find myself knocking on managers' doors at 17 or 18 asking why I wasn't playing. I look back and to be honest I cringe at myself."
Current England Under-21 manager Gareth Southgate was team-mate and then manager of Walker during his Boro career.
"He was a really good professional from a really young age, with a great attitude to the game and he captained England at youth level for a couple of years," Southgate said.
"You always wonder whether to give youngsters their debut and we did - he did really well.
"It's a new opportunity and a great life experience for him."
Walker is not the only player out of contract to consider the switch to new climes.
"It's become more of a thing because it is tough at home," team-mate Johnson said.
"When you take a step abroad you can see it's exciting and different, it's a definitely a thing that will become more and more popular with English players."
In addition to Walker and Johnson, ex-Bristol Rovers striker Daryl Duffy, former Rochdale winger Leo Bertos and Romuald Boco - who made more than 100 league appearances for Accrington Stanley - are other known names in this growing entity.
For some it is the experience, for others the attraction is purely financial.
"I'm out here for a year and only here to save enough money to be able to buy our house - we bought a house in the summer," said Curtis Osano, whose professional career in England took in Luton, Reading and Rushden & Diamonds.
"There's no way I'd have stayed in England for 10 years grafting and trying to get as much money as I can, borrowing money from wherever to put money down on a house with the way the climate is in the UK."
The only downside for Walker is the distance between him and his partner, not to mention a two-year-old daughter.
Yet the rewards are great and he would consider bringing his family over to India if he is successful during his spell at Bengaluru.
"I don't have any regrets about coming, not at all," he said.
"It's incredibly hard missing my daughter and I miss her everyday but at the end of the day I've got to work and this is my job.
"My career was going nowhere back home. I got an opportunity here and I'm going to grab it with both hands."


Director of rugby Dean Richards says he does not feel any pressure, despite Newcastle Falcons failing to win any of their opening three Premiership games.

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Falcons have also conceded an average of 40 points per game, including last weekend's 41-3 defeat by Exeter Chiefs.
Inferior points' difference leaves Newcastle bottom, below London Irish who are also yet to record a victory.
"I don't feel it at all, I just don't like losing and neither do the players," Richards told BBC Newcastle.
"You boys [the media] probably like to put pressure on, in a Jose Mourinho situation you boys thrive on it."
Newly-promoted Worcester are next up for Richards' side, having already picked up their first win of the campaign in a shock home victory against Northampton.
The former Leicester and Harlequins boss says the Warriors are a "good side" but says the answers to addressing their form lie in their own preparation.
"We've got too good a squad to languish," he added.
"We have to look at our own performances, it's understanding how we want to play and making it happen.
"We haven't won yet but we will do, we're three games into a 22-match season."


A remembrance wall showing the names of all those who died during the Easter Rising has been unveiled at Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin.

The memorial wall bears the names of all those who died in the rebellion 100 years ago, Irish and British, military and civilian.
1916 relatives groups and some republican groups have criticised the decision to remember British forces alongside those who led the armed insurrection against British rule in Ireland.
A number of protesters gathered outside the cemetery on Sunday morning to demonstrate as the inter-faith service took place inside.
The Glasnevin Trust said the memorial was an attempt to present the historical facts, without hierarchy or judgement.
George McCullough, chief executive of The Glasnevin Trust, said it was an emotional experience for many of those who had lost loved ones in the Easter Rising.
"Many people cried at the wall this morning seeing the names of their great grandfathers, their grandfathers and grandmothers, all on that wall," he said.
"It is a very evocative piece of sculpture and it is there for you to take what you want from that.
"I suppose commemoration is one thing, but if it leads to reconciliation and leads to understanding and it leads to Irish people deciding how they want to go forward then I think we live in a much, much more mature society in 2016 than we even did in 2006."
Acting Taoiseach (prime minister) Enda Kenny laid a wreath during the service.
Lord Richard Dannatt, a former head of the British army, said "in the context of the memorial at Glasnevin", it was an appropriate way to remember the British soldiers who had died.
"I think it's a very generous, a very inclusive and a very appropriate thing to do," he said.
"We've all moved on a long way in the last 100 years.
"I think if you just reflect on who those 116 British soldiers were, most of them were fairly young, most of them hadn't been in Ireland very long and actually, were as much victims of the violence that occurred at Easter 1916 as other people were."
Almost 500 people were killed in the uprising, the majority of them - 268 - were civilians caught up in the violence.


A Star Wars fan who walked to the tops of Snowdon and Ben Nevis while dressed as a stormtrooper has now set his sights on England's tallest mountain.

Ashley Broomhall trekked to the summit of 3,560ft (1,085m) Snowdon in Snowdonia before tackling Ben Nevis.
It took him seven hours to walk up and down the 4,406ft (1,344m) Scottish peak near Fort William. On the way up he had a snowball fight with other walkers.
He now plans to walk 3,208ft (978m) Scafell Pike in the Lake District.
Mr Broomhall, from Whitchurch in Shropshire, has been doing the walks to raise money for Cancer Research UK.
He set himself the peaks challenge after his mother was diagnosed with cancer.
The 28-year-old has been a member of Star Wars costuming club the 501st UK Garrison for more than five years.
Members attend events across the UK dressed in "movie-accurate" costumes to raise funds for charity.
But Mr Broomhall had to make some modifications to his outfit to make it move more freely on the ascents and descents of Snowdon and Ben Nevis, which were done this summer.
For safety reasons, he wore walking boots because his costume footwear was not suitable for the terrain involved and was accompanied by friends.
Dressed as an Imperial stormtrooper and carrying a UK Garrison flag, Mr Broomhall said he drew more than his fair share of funny looks tackling Ben Nevis, Scotland highest Munro and Britain's tallest mountain.
He said: "We had been confusing a lot of other climbers along the way as a stormtrooper was the last thing they had been expecting to see climbing Ben Nevis.
"We handed out cards and told them my tale and they offered nothing but the most vocal support."
Mr Broomhall also received donations from other walkers.
Higher up Ben Nevis he had to negotiate thigh-deep snow.
At the first of these snowfields there was some light relief when he and his walking companion had a snowball fight with other walkers.
Mr Broomhall said: "The last snowfield held the summit and, with my heart swelling with pride, I let the flag fly and charged on to the summit.
"We had made it. It was brilliant and I was so happy at making it after all the struggles and rallying needed to get myself there.
"I was greeted by a cheer from the climbers there and planted the flag on the summit itself claiming it for the Empire."
He added: "I love Scotland and I love Munros and this was a challenge that I enjoyed doing.
"Scafell Pike is next. I've done the other two in armour, might as well do the third in it."


With its 1970s features, such as a bold, orange bathroom suite and a pink reception room, Gillian Milner is the first to admit that her house isn't to everyone's taste.

It is, though, popular among photographers and magazine editors, who love the retro appearance - and the indoor swimming.
Ms Milner is one of a growing number of people hiring their homes for film and photography shoots. It is not without its hassle and disruption, but the money can be good.
She hires her house in Streatham, south London, for up to £500 per day, although some homes can be rented for far more.
"We hired it out from the moment we moved in," says Ms Milner, 47, who has lived at the property with her family for 13 years.
"The guy who lived in it before had set it up as a shoot location and we basically took over from that."
Working in the advertising industry, Ms Milner knew that running a location house could prove to be a lucrative business. "I've been to lots of different houses for magazine shoots. I knew that if you had an interesting space, you're likely to get shoots."
Her home is hired out about four times a month for shoots ranging from brand campaigns to magazine editorials.
She rents her house through Location Works, an agency with more than 4,000 properties on its books that can be used for location filming and photography.
The firm's managing director, Lorna Gatherer-Ford, says: "There does seem to be a trend, particularly in London, of people buying normal houses and decorating them with shoots in mind.
"For example, people would superficially put in a gas hob in the island of the kitchen so they could be used for cookery shows."
Day rates tend to start from £350 for a small crew and go up to £3,000 for a major feature film. Agencies such as Location Works take a cut of the fees, ranging between 15% to 25%.
"It can be a great earner for people, although like anything else in the creative industry, you never know what the trend might be," says Ms Gatherer-Ford. "Some properties are used all the time, and other places now and again."
Properties featuring bare brick walls, bright colours, or the distressed style are currently in vogue, she says. "But at the other end, white and modern are popular too."
The opportunity to earn some extra cash is encouraging others to dress up their homes with a little creative magic.
After seeing a friend enjoy success with her property, Amy Exton, 29, bought a two-bedroom house in Margate a year ago in order to create her dream, fantasy home, aptly named Margate Location House.
The freelance set designer opened her property up for shoots two months ago, and rates start from £500 a day.
So far, a handful of fashion stylists and vintage brands have taken advantage of the vibrant and colourful three-floor townhouse, which features a vintage pink bathroom suite with gold fittings and red walls, and pink walls and outlandish sofas in the lounge, and a mural in the outside courtyard.
"Being a set designer, it's basically like creating a set," says Ms Exton. "I'm really into interior design and wanted to move into that direction."
She says she spent £20,000 on revamping the place from its magnolia décor and injecting bright, colourful hues.
"Given that it's outside of London, I needed to offer something different," she says.
Like many location-house owners, she's promoting her property through a combination of ways including her own website, a dedicated Instagram account. She plans to join agencies such as Location Works, which draw up contracts between the filmmakers and property owners.
However, prospective location homeowners need to tread carefully, and check if there are any rules and regulations in place which may hinder hiring out their house for shoots.
Ms Milner says her property can only host 52 shoots per year after a neighbour filed a complaint with the council.
"We have worked really hard to make it work so we don't allow crews to park on our little road, for instance. We don't do film shoots anymore. It's about respecting our neighbours, so we are very considerate," she says.
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If it is a big film shoot, some homeowners may have to let the crew re-arrange furniture. Things can get damaged, although it would be paid for. Occupants may even have to move out, although hotel costs would also be covered.
Frances Woodhouse, 57, who has hired out her Cheshire home for more than eight years through UK Locations, warns that it's not for the fainthearted.
"It depends on what kind of shoot it is, but some of them, especially in the past few years as budgets have been cut, try and use as much as the house as possible. It can be extremely disruptive. I don't think people are aware of how disruptive is it," she says.
Despite this, she does get a thrill out of hiring out her Cheshire home, which has been used for everything from celebrity magazine shoots to dog food adverts. "I've generally had good experiences as I've worked with a reputable company, and I'm easy-going and flexible."
Ms Woodhouse says the upsides easily outweigh the negatives. "I quite enjoy seeing how young people work in the industry, and seeing the advances in cameras and computers. Plus, it's an empty house as the children have left, so it's nice to use the space before we downsize."
Ms Milner also agrees that opening up her property isn't just about the money, and that she has met some very interesting people. "I also think it's been good for my children to live in a creative house," she says.
She also loves the buzz of seeing her house featured in magazines and adverts. While you may not become a celebrity yourself, your house may become your fame and fortune.
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(Close): US shares closed higher on Wednesday, buoyed by a positive outlook for chipmaker Intel and a gain of 5% in the price of oil.

The tech firm was the biggest main gainer, adding 4.18% after giving a revenue forecast in line with analysts' expectations.
Overall, the Dow was up 71.64 at 18,108.34 points, while the S&P 500 rose 10.44 to 2,106.28.
Meanwhile, the tech-rich Nasdaq gained 33.73 points to 5,011.02.
Other big winners on the Dow included JP Morgan and Exxon, notching up healthy gains for the second day in a row.
JP Morgan was up 1.19%, following  a rise of 1.56% on Tuesday, when it reported a 12% rise in profit to $5.91bn for the three months to the end of March.
Exxon was up 1.66%, after rising 1.5% on Tuesday on the back of a rise in oil prices.
US benchmark crude was trading $2.74 higher at $55.95 a barrel in New York.
Bank of America fell 1.2% after first-quarter earnings came in below expectations.


Disney posted a 5% increase in revenue for the three months to 27 June - but missed expectations for the first time in eight quarters.

Analysts expected the entertainment group's revenues to be $13.2bn (Â£8.5bn), but the total was $100m less.
Operating income fell at Disney's theme parks and resorts outside North America because of higher operating costs at Disneyland in Paris and Hong Kong.
The Asian park also had fewer visitors in the period.
At the same time, chief financial officer Christine McCarthy said the weaker euro had cut revenue at Disneyland Paris by about $100m.
Operating profit at its theme parks rose 9% to $922m, with a 4% increase in revenue to $4.1bn.
Profits at the company's largest unit, media networks, was up 4% to $2.38bn as cable channels brought in higher fees from TV distributors.
The division includes sports channel ESPN, the Disney channels and the ABC broadcast network.
Bob Iger, chairman and chief executive, said the company was very pleased with the third quarter results. Overall, net profit rose 11% to a record $2.48bn.
"The strong results across our many diverse lines of business demonstrate the power of our unparalleled brands, franchises and creative content," he said.
Profits at Disney's movie studio business jumped 15% to $472m, helped by the success of Avengers: Age of Ultron, starring Scarlett Johansson and Robert Downey Jr.
The Marvel film has taken more than $450m in the US and $940m in foreign markets.
Disney bought the studio in 2009 for what is now thought to have been a bargain $4bn.
The company's consumer products division recorded the biggest rise in profits for the quarter - up 27% to $348m - as merchandise based on Frozen, the Avengers and Star Wars continued to prove popular.
Shares in Disney fell 6.5% to $113.85 in after-hours trading on Tuesday. The stock has risen 29% this year, making it the best performer among the 30-member Dow Jones average.
The slide accelerated after chief financial officer Christine McCarthy told analysts on a conference call that Disney had scaled back forecasts for profit growth at its media networks unit.
She said the company now expected annual growth in the mid-single digits, rather than high single digits, because of lower revenue from fewer cable subscribers and the impact of foreign exchange rates.
ESPN had suffered "modest" subscriber losses as some viewers switch to digital platforms, Mr Iger said.
Robin Diedrich, an analyst at Edward Jones, said the lowered guidance for the TV unit and the overall revenue miss sparked the share price fall.
However, he said that overall Disney had "a good solid quarter".


Conservative backbenchers are demanding radical changes to school funding in England within months.

They say ministers face a campaign from dozens of their own MPs unless they commit to swift reform.
Teachers will be made redundant and class sizes will increase without action, they say.
One backbencher, Daniel Kawczynski, said that "huge numbers" of Conservatives in the Commons were demanding change.
He told BBC Radio 4's the World at One: "I think you would be fascinated how strong the feelings are on this issue and the sort of campaign that is going to be pursued in the course of this year"
Conservative former chairman of the education select committee Graham Stuart said he believed dozens of Tories would want the "earliest possible" announcement, ideally in July's Budget.
He said: "You are seeing schools facing up to prospects of deficits unless they don't take significant action to reduce headcount.
"We will you know potentially be looking at redundancies in order to cope with the funding pressures."
Backbenchers say the way government money is earmarked for local authorities to fund schools must change from next April.
There are sharp variations across the country, with the best funded areas receiving as much as £7,000 per pupil and the worst off getting just over £4,000.
Ministers said they intended to change the system since 2010, promised reform in 2013, and made a fresh commitment in the Conservative manifesto.
They provided an extra £390m to the worst funded authorities at the end of the last Parliament, but have not rewritten the funding formula.
The move would almost certainly see well funded inner city authorities lose money, while some rural areas would be winners.
A Department for Education spokeswoman said: "The last government made considerable progress in reforming the school funding system.
"In 2014 an additional £390 million was allocated to boost 69 of the least fairly funded areas in the country in 2015 -16 - the biggest step toward fairer schools funding in 10 years.
"But we recognise there is still work to which is why we have committed to looking at what more needs to be done to ensure that all local areas are funded justly."


Four rowers from Northern Ireland in the Great Britain squad have advanced from the heats at the European Championships in Racice, Czech Republic.

Coleraine's Peter Chambers and Englishman Will Fletcher are into the semi-finals of the men's lightweight double sculls.
Holly Nixon, Joel Cassells and Rebecca Shorten have all moved straight into Sunday's finals of their respective boat classes.
Chambers and Fletcher began the quest for a lightweight double sculls European title fresh from their gold medal winning performance in the first World Cup regatta in Belgrade earlier this month.
However they were forced to qualify for Saturday's semi-finals through the repechage after finishing behind Germany in their heat with only the winners progressing directly.
The duo regrouped and in the afternoon session held off the fast finishing Greek boat to take first place.
Ireland's Rio Olympics silver medal winning brothers, Gary and Paul O'Donovan, who are defending their European title won in Brandenburg twelve months ago, had to follow the same path as Chambers and Fletcher.
They were beaten by Poland in their heat but won their repechage ahead of Ukraine.
Enniskillen's Holly Nixon and her team mates Jess Leyden, Bethany Bryan and Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne moved up from fourth place to second behind the Netherlands to claim an automatic qualifying place in Sunday's women's quadruple sculls final.
With only five entrants in the women's eight an exhibition race took place to decide the lane draw for Sunday's final with Great Britain finishing second behind Romania. The GB crew includes Belfast's Rebecca Shorten who is making her senior international debut.
Likewise Coleraine's Joel Cassells and partner Sam Scrimgeour were fourth in their lightweight pairs exhibition race behind winners Mark O'Donovan and Shane O'Driscoll from Ireland.
Cassells is aiming for a third European gold medal in consecutive years.


The celebrated novelist, who is writing a sequel to his epic bestseller A Suitable Boy, is incensed with the recent decision of India's top court to uphold a law which criminalises gay sex - a ruling seen as a major blow to gay rights.
So much so that the usually calm and dapper writer has posed - unshaved, dishevelled and looking distinctly angry - on the cover of India Today magazine holding a plastic chalkboard speaking 'Not A Criminal' to promote his moving essay in the magazine on gay rights.
No wonder the powerful cover has become a talking point - one doesn't remember any Indian writer doing such a thing ever in the past.
Mr Seth, who took a degree in philosophy, politics and economics at Oxford, was once described by The New York Times as a person with a "polite wit". I found that wit intact when I spoke to him this morning on the cover that is making waves.
Why are you so angry?
I am appalled by the Supreme Court judgement [criminalising gay sex]. The judgement is intellectually shallow and ethically hollow.
It is slipshod in its reasoning and pusillanimous with regard to defending fundamental rights. It was squarely in the province of the Supreme Court to decide the matter, but this normally activist court has kicked the football onto the pitch of an illiberal parliament.
The constitution protects the liberties and rights of Indian citizens. It is not for the judges to confer rights or take them away.
It takes a fair amount to get me incensed. And a judgement which takes away the liberties of at least 50 million lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in India is scandalous, its inhumane - and if you wish, you can remove the e at the end of that word.
Yet the way you have expressed your protest - posing on the cover of a magazine - is quite unprecedented.
There's nothing heroic in doing what I have done.
There are [gay] people who live lives of quiet desperation in India's towns and villages. They are bullied by their families and relatives.
They need people to voice their dismay and disappointments, people who present themselves as role models. People who, however reticent or reserved they are normally, can present themselves as role models.
There are several prominent India businessmen [who are gay] - who would be wonderful role models. That they don't come out is a sad dereliction of their responsibility to be sympathetic to those who are like them but much more powerless, lonely and isolated.
Can you imagine the difference it would make if four or five widely admired people from different walks of life were to stand up and say: 'This is no big deal or I am bisexual'?
People who have come out in the freedom of the last four years since the high court judgement can't be simply pushed back into darkness of the closet.
But I am talking not of them in this respect, but of those people, full of self doubt or with bullying families who desperately need people to point to and say: 'They are like me too'.
So how did this cover happen?
Photographer Rohit Chawla came up with the idea.
He shot over two sessions in the morning and evening at my residence. There is one set of pictures where I am clean shaven, by the way.
The night before the shoot had been busy and I had gone to bed late. So when Rohit arrived in the morning and found me in the state I was in, he said don't shave.
He came with two assistants,  lighting equipment. [But it] was pretty relaxed actually, we had a glass of rum. And then he said he would come in the evening and do another set of pictures - the clean shaven ones!
Rohit very much wanted this picture. He was generous enough to leave the final choice to me. I was rather scared of my parents' opinion that I looked like an unshaven goonda (thug) [in the picture].
In fact I am now shaving as we speak, so that I can redeem myself at lunch.
I did finally agree to Rohit's choice because he said it would help get attention for the piece inside the magazine which I have written and, therefore, help the cause in general.
You look rather angry in the picture. Quite unlike you.
My expression came pretty easy. I had just read some parts of the illogical judgement. That's where my furrowed eyebrows come from. I hadn't shaved anyway. And I had an imaginative photographer.


A fisherman from the Isle of Man has landed £250,000 from a £2 scratch card.

Aaron Dickinson, from Douglas, said he would use the money to put a deposit down on a house and launch his own fishing business on the island.
"I honestly don't think I have ever screamed so loudly in all of my life," he said. "I was literally screaming all of the way back to the shop."
The 25-year-old currently works as a scallop fisherman and sells his produce to fish markets in Peel.


US Congressman Kevin McCarthy has become the second-ranking member of the House of Representatives in a Republican caucus leadership election.

Mr McCarthy, 49, will replace outgoing Republican Majority Leader Eric Cantor in the role.
Mr McCarthy is the current majority whip, the third-ranking member.
Mr Cantor, 51, unexpectedly lost a Republican Party primary election last week, throwing the party's House caucus into turmoil.
After his shock defeat in his Virginia constituency at the hands of David Brat, an economics professor, Mr Cantor said he would step down from his leadership position at the end of July.
Mr Brat will face a Democratic challenger in November's general election, and the winner of that race will assume Mr Cantor's seat in January.
Winning the leadership vote on Thursday places Mr McCarthy of California next in line to House Speaker John Boehner.
In the House of Representatives, the majority leader is tasked with scheduling legislation for consideration on the House floor, planning the legislative agenda, and consulting with party members to gauge sentiment.
The majority leader is also a highly visible representative of the party in negotiations with the White House and the Senate, both in Democratic hands.
In Thursday's party leadership vote, Mr McCarthy beat Congressman Raul Labrador for the role.
Republican Congressman Steve Scalise was subsequently elected to replace outgoing-Mr McCarthy as House majority whip.
The Republican Party is still reeling from Mr Cantor's surprise defeat on 11 June after nearly 14 years in the House.
Some Republicans have expressed concern over what Mr Cantor's defeat means for the party, which analysts say is struggling to broaden its appeal beyond its core base of conservative suburban and rural white voters.


Egyptian veteran goalkeeper Essam El Hadary is aiming to become the oldest player at a World Cup by appearing at the 2018 tournament in Russia.

El Hadary will be 45 by then, eclipsing record holder Colombian goalkeeper Faryd Mondragon, who was 43 when he played in Brazil in 2014.
"I will fight to reach the World Cup," said El Hadary, who recently played in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier.
"I don't care about my age, I train like I am 20 years old."
El Hadary won his 144th cap for Egypt in a 2-0 win over Tanzania on 4 June in what was his first international match since 2014.
In doing so he became the second oldest African player to feature with his national team, behind Kersley Appou of Mauritius who played when he was 43 years and 361 days old.
El Hadary is one of the most important players in Egyptian football
The victory secured The Pharaohs' place at the 2017 Nations Cup in Gabon and El Hadary's performance has put him in the frame to appear at the tournament for a seventh time.
He has already won the Nations Cup title four times with Egypt - in 1998, 2006, 2008 and 2010. And he was also named the best keeper in each of those tournaments, except in 1998.
While the Wadi Degla stopper admits his first priority is to make the squad for the 2017 continental finals, his dream is to make his debut on the biggest stage of all.
"It's time for me to play in World Cup. That is what I say to myself every morning and before every training session," El Hadary told BBC Sport.
"It is my biggest goal now. I will not lose hope to play at the World Cup, I will not give up and I will keep training hard."
Egypt's goalkeeping coach Ahmed Nagy believes El Hadary has a good chance of making his dream a reality.
"Essam was not on our shortlist to be called to the national team but the form he has been in for his club Wadi Degla forced us to call him," he told BBC Sport.
"When we called him last March for the match against Nigeria he was number four for us, now he is number one. He played against Tanzania and was amazing.
"He is one of the most important goalkeepers in Egypt and Africa and I think he can play until he is 50."
El Hadary also has the support of his Zamalek goalkeeper Ahmed El Shenawy, despite the pair being in competition for the national team's number one jersey.
"He is is an icon for us goalkeepers in Egypt," El Shenawy told BBC Sport. "I have learned many things from him and when he is with us in the national team camps it helps us to do our best."


The Wombles of Wimbledon Common are to return to the small screen, in a new Channel 5 series made using computer-generated animation.

Based on the adventures of the loveable London litter-pickers, the 52, 11-minute shorts will air on the channel's pre-school segment Milkshake in 2015.
"The time is right for it to gain a whole new following," said Jessica Symons, Channel 5's head of children's.
Narrated by Bernard Cribbins, the original series first aired in 1973.
Uncle Bulgaria, Orinoco and the rest of Elisabeth Beresford's characters were revived on ITV in 1998.
"There are audiences of new children and international audiences who missed The Wombles the first time around," said Mike Batt, who gave the characters chart success in the 1970s.
The 64-year-old musician and producer owns a controlling interest in the rights to the Wombles through his Dramatico recording and entertainment label.
According to Batt, the new series will resemble the stop motion animation of the original series with the added bonus of "great fur".
The first Wombles book - inspired by Beresford's young daughter mispronouncing "Wimbledon" as "Wombledon" - was published in 1968.
"What sets The Wombles apart is that they were ahead of their time, as the first recycling enthusiasts." said Genevieve Dexter, whose Serious Lunch company is co-producing the new series.
"The relevance of the original themes holds strong and the messages therein are perhaps even more widely accepted today."


An Irish government minister has defended attempts to keep one of Europe's largest technology conferences in the Republic of Ireland.

Tourism minister Paschal Donohoe said engagement did take place between the government and the organisers of Web Summit.
Web Summit has been held in Dublin since 2010.
It was announced last month that it will move to Lisbon for three years from 2016.
On Thursday, emails released by Web Summit showed what it said was correspondence with the Irish government in the weeks leading up to the relocation decision.
In the emails, chief executive Paddy Cosgrave highlighted traffic management, hotel accommodation and wi-fi as key concerns, but said that the organisation "don't want a penny" from the government.
He also wrote: "We want to stay in in Dublin, but without a plan for the city we cannot stay in Dublin."
In a blog, Mr Cosgrave said Web Summit released the emails "not to point the finger but to help everyone focus on the future".
The government has since been accused of not doing enough to retain the event.
On Thursday, Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Enda Kenny said that the government had offered Mr Cosgrave "whatever assistance we can, in terms of what the government can do".
"It wasn't the government writing a cheque here, but being very supportive along the line," he said.
Mr Donohoe told RTÃ‰ on Friday that a number of documents will be released under freedom of information that will show the breadth of engagement between the government, Web Summit and other agencies.
Responding to the concerns raised by Mr Cosgrave, he said: "These are things that would have been resolved in the context of the event happening here in Dublin in 2016.
"Week after week in Dublin, in the RDS and the National Convention Centre, we have events that are far bigger than Web Summit happening.
"We're successfully able to deliver traffic management plans, we're successfully able to get these people around safely and in a convenient way throughout our city and the same would have happened if Web Summit happened in Dublin in 2016."
Web Summit this year is expected to attract over 30,000 attendees on 3-5 November.
Tourism organisation FÃ¡ilte Ireland estimated that Web Summit brought in 35m euros to the local economy in 2014.


External experts are needed to improve how changes in education are implemented, the former head of one of Wales' largest teaching unions said.

Dr Philip Dixon pointed out head teachers, schools and councils have been taken to task over the last 10 years in a drive to improve standards.
But he said the focus should be on the Welsh Government's education department if the latest Pisa results are poor.
The Welsh Government said it was too early to speculate over Pisa.
Pisa assesses pupils' skills in maths, reading and science every three years and more than 70 countries were signed up to take part in the 2015 test.
The results are expected in December but in the last Pisa tests in 2012, Wales performed worse than the rest of the UK.
"We need some outside help," the former ATL Cymru director told BBC Wales' Sunday Politics Wales.
"I don't think there's anything wrong in saying 'we can't solve this on our own, we need to get some international world-leading help'."
He added: "As you would with a local authority, you set up a recovery board. So you get those who have got a track record in the other jurisdictions of the United Kingdom; from Northern Ireland, Scotland and, dare I say, England who can turn government departments around.
"You've got some world leading experts then as well and you've got some experts from Wales. But they wouldn't be the dominant ones. And they would be focused on delivery - how do you actually get these policies delivered on the ground?"
The Welsh Government said regardless of the Pisa results, it would "remain absolutely focussed" on following the "best international evidence in order to continue to drive up standards in our schools".
A spokesman added: "It is not good enough to limit our ambitions to simply looking across the border, we must strive to be up there with the best in the world.
"That's why the education secretary recently commissioned the highly respected Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to provide support and challenge to the Welsh Government's work on education reforms to make sure they are on track."


Lancashire Police will "not be viable" after 2020 because of cuts to funding, the chief constable has warned.

Steve Finnigan said the county faced the harshest budget cuts in England, which could potentially see the force becoming a "blue light" service, responding to emergencies only.
Mounted and dog sections along with road policing units could be lost and community policing cut.
Since 2010, the force has axed about 700 officers and 275 members of staff.
Lancashire's Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) said "savage" budget cuts would have a "devastating impact" on policing.
Clive Grunshaw said communities would be "left at risk" as the government continued to implement austerity cuts.
Details of the force's cuts will be revealed after the government's Comprehensive Spending Review at the end of November.
But Mr Grunshaw said proposed changes to the way forces are awarded grant funding means Lancashire will have to cut a further Â£24.8m on top of Â£74m already saved.
He said: "The likely outcome for Lancashire is far worse than we had expected.
"While the full implications are not yet clear there is no doubt that these savage cuts, which come on top of the already significant savings which have had to be made, will have a devastating impact on the standards of policing which the Constabulary is able to deliver and which our communities have come to expect."
The Home Office is yet to comment.


Everything these days is prefixed with the word "smart" and nowhere is that more in evidence than at CES .

One manufacturer is even offering a smart water bottle. Lifefuels won an award at the tech show for the bottle with "five interchangeable "fuelpods" filled with vitamins, nutritional products and flavours, allowing users to tailor their water to suit their specific lifestyles".
Why anyone would need such a product is open to debate but it does raise the question about what "smart" really means.
For many firms, a so-called smart device is just something connected to the internet but Adam Simon, an analyst with research firm Context, thinks it should be about more.
"The real question is  - what can you do with it? What is it actually doing to help you in your life?"
A Context study found most European home-owners are still reluctant to invest in smart tech - 19% of Britons said that they would buy one smart gadget in the next year and, even then, it would have to cost no more than Â£150.
The BBC has been looking at some of the smart tech on offer for the family home at CES.
This may just be the craziest thing to come out of CES but it was taken seriously enough by a panel of expert judges to win the CES Launchit ShowStoppers award.
Described by founder Leo Trottier as a games console for dogs, the Cleverpet gadget consists of three flashing lights and a treat dispenser. The dog has to press the lights in the right combination in order to win the treat.
It also has a microphone and speaker so that pet owners can task their dogs with more complex games - such as touching a particular colour or combination of lights.
"A dog with a job is a happy dog," said Mr Trottier as part of his pitch to the judges. "And my user-base quite literally has nothing else to do."
He knows a thing or two about training animals - he told the BBC that he taught his cat to use the toilet.
More seriously, there are hundreds of pets left home alone each day and Mr Trottier is keen to find a solution to the suggestion that many of these animals are bored. He believes that some dogs will learn to advance to complex levels.
There is some serious science behind the design - one member of the team is a neuroscientist who has spent years teaching grammar to birds - and Mr Trottier himself is a cognitive scientist.
A little black and white dog named Fiona demoed the system for me, but she could only handle the one button level as she has only been training for a week.
Ok, this falls very much into the same category as the smart water bottle as something that is only tenuously smart, and it costs more than Â£150 - retailing in the US for $400 - but, come on, it's a cocktail maker for your home.
Bartesian looks a lot like a capsule-based coffee maker and it is basically the alcoholic equivalent.
There are reservoirs for the spirits - vodka, rum, tequila and gin - and these must be supplied by the owner. The rest - including the liqueurs which are recreated using non-alcoholic flavours - comes in a capsule.
There are six on offer - including margarita, cosmopolitan and zest martini - and each comes with a barcode that is read by the machine making it.
The smart home survey from Context revealed that people regard their kitchen as the smartest room in the house, which is a strange choice given that most living rooms now boast a smart TV - but there are plenty of gadgets on show that aim to add to its smartness.
Whirlpool has a dishwasher that can be linked to a Nest thermostat, meaning it will run when energy costs are lowest.
And there has been quite a lot of buzz around an internet-connected washing machine which is also packed with sensors, designed by a firm called Marathon Laundry.
British firm Smarter, makers of the iKettle, has a range of products on show at CES that are considerably cheaper - all under Â£100.
They include a smart camera for the fridge which takes real-time photos of your food, and a smart mat for cupboards that reveals what ingredients are in there via an app on a smartphone.
We all probably use more water than we need so the idea of a shower that will flash when you have used too much is rather compelling.
French firm Start & Blue has developed Hydrao, a system that can be fitted to any shower and which flashes red once a 50 litre limit has passed.
The company has already sold around 1,000 units and claims that water use was reduced by an average of 25% when it was used.
This one's for the kids and could help parents with that perennial problem of getting them away from their screens.
Gemio, a venture-funded, Seattle-based firm, has set out to create a wearable for teenagers that it hopes will appeal to both their desire to express themselves and be sociable.
"The challenge with wearables is getting people to wear it beyond a few months," Gemio founder Michael Bettua told the BBC.
To counter that, the smart bracelets comes with 35 different designs which clip on and off. Wearers can also design their own.
They are also fitted with 22 LED lights which can be used to engage with friends who also own bracelets. The bracelet can flash up different light combinations that correlate to customised messages.
"It is a new form of social networking - kids can send secret messages to each other," said Mr Bettua.
The bracelet goes on sale in June at a price of $85.
Read and watch more from CES and follow the BBC team covering the event on Twitter.


The chairman of Highlands and Islands Enterprise cannot speak out on the review of Scotland's enterprise agencies, a Lib Dem MSP has said.

Tavish Scott said Prof Lorne Crerar told MSPs on Tuesday night that he is not allowed to speak out on the review, which includes of the work of HIE.
Mr Scott asked Economy Secretary Keith Brown if this was the case at a meeting of the Education and Skills Committee.
Mr Brown said he could not comment on private conversations.
In October, the Scottish government set out plans to reform Scotland's enterprise and skills agencies in a report on Phase 1 of its Enterprise and Skills Review.
It has proposed setting up a new single Scotland-wide statutory board to co-ordinate the activities of Scottish Enterprise and HIE.
The government said services already provided in the Highlands and Islands would be protected.
Last month, in an online statement, Prof Crerar insisted HIE will continue to exist in its present form despite changes to how it is overseen.
HIE provides support to businesses and initiatives in the Highlands and Islands, Northern Isles, Moray and Argyll.
On Wednesday, Mr Brown gave evidence to Holyrood's Education and Skills Committee on plans for Scotland's enterprise and skills agencies.
Mr Scott asked if Prof Crerar is allowed to speak out on the review, and also for a list of the organisations and the individuals who have backed a single statutory board.
The minister said all the submissions have been published and he said he would examine the minutes of the ministerial review group.


A UK vote to leave the European Union would cause an "immediate economic shock" that could hold back growth in house prices, the chancellor has said.

In the event of a vote for Brexit, by 2018, houses could be worth up to 18% less than if the UK voted to remain, George Osborne told the BBC.
But former Business Secretary Sir Vince Cable said a price fall would be good for affordability and economic balance.
G7 finance ministers said Brexit could cause a "shock" to the world economy.
Labour attacks 'skyrocketing' rent rises
The UK's EU vote: All you need to know
An analysis by the Treasury to be published next week will suggest that two years after a Brexit vote, UK house prices could be between 10% and 18% lower than after a remain vote, Mr Osborne told the BBC.
"If we leave the European Union, there will be an immediate economic shock that will hit financial markets... People will not know what the future looks like," he said.
"And in the long term, the country and the people in the country are going to be poorer. That affects the value of people's homes... And at the same time, first-time buyers are hit because mortgage rates go up, and mortgages become more difficult to get. So it's a lose-lose situation," he added.
By BBC political correspondent Chris Mason
With four and a bit weeks to go until referendum day, voters find themselves swimming in a murky ocean of questionable statistics.
And when I say questionable, I'm being polite.
August bodies and grand figures on both sides are making bold claims. And they are both guessing.
So what's happening here? Each side is playing what it sees as its greatest hit.
The let's stay in brigade talk about the economy. The more grabby the headline, the more people who will notice.
The let's get out brigade talk about immigration. The more grabby the headline, the more people who will notice.
There will be plenty more claims where these came from before you pick up that stubby little pencil in a draughty polling station.
The G7 finance ministers said after two-day talks in Japan: "Uncertainties to the global outlook have increased, while geopolitical conflicts, terrorism, refugee flows, and the shock of a potential UK exit from the European Union also complicate the global economic environment."
Mr Osborne's comments echo those made by the International Monetary Fund last Friday, which said Brexit could cause a "sharp drop" in house prices.
But energy minister Andrea Leadsom, of Vote Leave, said: "This is an extraordinary claim and I'm amazed that Treasury civil servants would be prepared to make it.
"The truth is that the greatest threat to the economy is the perilous state of the euro; staying in the EU means locking ourselves to a currency zone - which Mervyn King, ex-governor of the Bank of England, has rightly warned 'could explode'.
"The safer option in this referendum is to take back control of the vast sums we send to Brussels every day and Vote Leave on 23 June."
Sir Vince tweeted: "Osborne on house prices. Surely big price fall good for affordability and economic balance. Stick to jobs and basic economics George."
Former Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith said financial forecasting was handed over to the independent Office for Budget Responsibility because Treasury reports could not be trusted.
"When I heard that I did think of Pinocchio and the nose growing rather long here," he told Sky News.
"Even the Treasury report has to admit that even under their most pessimistic forecasts the British economy would continue to grow after we left the European Union.
"And this report also says that house prices would continue to grow."
Campaigners for Vote Leave have previously said that lower house prices would help first-time buyers and those in the rental market.
"After we Vote Leave, we will be able to fix our broken migration policy whilst supporting the construction industry with the talent it needs," Vote Leave chief executive Matthew Elliott said on Thursday.
"The biggest pressure on housing supply is immigration which has made buying your first home and even renting unaffordable for many."
On Thursday, estate agents claimed a Brexit take around £2,200 off average house prices by 2018.
Ratings agency Moody's also said that curbing immigration would ease competition for housing, and slow down house price and rental inflation.
Also on Saturday, former Prime Minister Gordon Brown urged mothers to vote for the UK to stay in the EU for the sake of their children.
He told a conference of left-of-centre think tank the Fabian Society: "To mothers who are worried about the prospects for their children in the future and want to know where the jobs will come from, to people who feel that globalisation is a runaway train and it's out of control and uncontrollable, we've got to show that we can manage that in the public interest."


Police investigating the murder of a woman found dead in the New Forest have been given more time to question a man.

The 36-year-old man, arrested over Penelope Davis's killing, can be held until about 19:30 BST.
Mrs Davis, 47, known as Pennie, was tending to her horses when she was attacked.
Her body was found in a field on Leygreen Farm, Beaulieu by her husband, Pete on 2 September.  A total of five people have been arrested in the case.
Hampshire Constabulary said Mrs Davis, a supermarket worker, may have been followed from Sainsbury's in Hampton Lane, Blackfield.
Officers have appealed for witnesses who saw Mrs Davis's dark green Toyota Land Cruiser travelling between the supermarket and the field at Leygreen Farm between 13:30 and 15:00 on 2 September.
A 28-year-old woman from Hythe, Hampshire, arrested on Thursday on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder, has been released on bail until 3 November.
Leanne Doyle, 24, of Beech Crescent, Hythe, was charged on Monday with assisting an offender and perverting the course of justice.
She has been bailed and is due to appear at Winchester Crown Court on 1 October.
A 22-year-old man, previously arrested on suspicion of murder, has been released on bail, while a 37-year-old man held on suspicion of assisting an offender was also bailed.
Crimestoppers has offered a Â£5,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of Mrs Davis's killer.


The Bank of England has suspended a member of staff as part of an investigation into potential rigging of the foreign exchange market.

The staff member has been suspended while it decides whether "internal control processes" were followed.
The UK's central bank said there was no evidence to date that its staff had colluded with forex rigging.
But minutes of meetings suggest Bank officials were aware of rigging attempts as early as 2006.
The minutes were published following a Freedom of Information request.
They show that a senior member of the Bank of England's staff was told of "attempts to move the market" and a meeting with senior foreign exchange dealers from some of the world's largest banks.
It a statement earlier, the Bank said it "does not condone any form of market manipulation in any context whatsoever".
It said an oversight committee will lead further investigations into whether bank officials were involved in forex market manipulation or were aware of manipulation, or at least the potential for such manipulation.
Travers Smith, a law firm, will prepare a report after the investigation. So far, the central bank has reviewed 15,000 emails, 21,000 chat room records and more than 40 hours of telephone recordings.
Meanwhile the Treasury Committee says it will quiz Bank of England officials, including governor Mark Carney, about the forex investigation when they make a scheduled appearance before MPs next week.
Speaking to the BBC, banking expert Philip Augar said the possible involvement of Bank staff in the forex scandal was "embarrassing" for the Bank of England, which acts as a regulator for the market.
Regulators have expressed concern that alleged forex manipulation could become the latest banking scandal.
Traders are alleged to have colluded in setting certain key exchange rates in the foreign exchange market, resulting in big profits.
The head of the Financial Conduct Authority, Martin Wheatley, said last month that currency manipulation was "every bit as bad" as the Libor scandal, where banks including Barclays, Royal Bank of Scotland and UBS paid fines totalling $6bn relating to Libor fixing.
Mr Wheatley told MPs 10 banks were helping the regulator with its investigations.
Reports seen by the BBC suggest banks knew of unusual currency trading four years before regulators began investigating possible manipulation of rates.
They suggest bank analysts had noticed sharp movements in exchange rates, and even warned their clients about trading at that time.


A Bupa employee inappropriately copied and removed information relating to 547,000 international health insurance plan customers, the company has said.

The data included names, dates of birth, nationalities, some contact and administrative information but not financial or medical data.
The private healthcare firm said concerns were first raised about a breach in June.
It is now contacting affected customers.
In an online statement, Bupa explained that data relating to 108,000 international insurance plans were taken and that these belonged to customers whose policy numbers begin with "BI".
Customers with domestic health insurance have not been impacted, but British customers could be if they purchased plans for use abroad.
Bupa said that 43,000 of the customers had a correspondence address in the UK.
"A thorough investigation is under way and we have informed the FCA [Financial Conduct Authority] and Bupa's other UK regulators," said Sheldon Kenton, managing director of Bupa Global.
"The employee responsible has been dismissed and we are taking appropriate legal action."
The Information Commissioner's Office said that it is aware of an issue involving Bupa Global and is making enquiries.
Victims of the breach should look out for signs of identity theft, said Paul Edon at security software firm Tripwire.
For example, scam emails might use data from the breach to trick the recipient into thinking they are being contacted on legitimate grounds.
"Unfortunately, humans are the weakest link in security," he added.
"Despite many of us being trustworthy, there are some insiders that break and damage that trust."


Key quotes from high-profile European and other figures on Britain's EU referendum between 24 May and 1 June, as compiled by BBC Monitoring.

"A UK exit from the EU would reverse the trend towards greater global trade and investment, and the jobs they create, and is a further serious risk to growth." (declaration of the 2016 G7 summit in Ishe-Shima, 27 May, Japan, via Reuters)
"Growth has slowed, and is projected to be 1.75% in 2016. Uncertainty about the outcome of the end-June 2016 referendum has undermined growth. This projection assumes that the United Kingdom remains in the European Union, in which case growth is projected to pick up in the second half of 2016 and then stabilise in 2017."
"The outcome of the referendum is a major risk for the economy. A vote for Brexit would heighten uncertainty, raise the cost of finance and hamper investment." (Twice-yearly UK economic outlook, 1 June)
"While we respect the decision of the citizens of the United Kingdom, but a Europe without the United Kingdom would be weaker, just as the United Kingdom would be weaker outside the EU." (Open letter signed by the heads of several major European companies, including Royal Dutch Shell, BMW and ThyssenKrupp, 31 May, published in Bild)
"It is us who today are responsible for confronting reality with all kinds of utopias -- a utopia of Europe without nation states, a utopia of Europe without conflicting interests and ambitions, a utopia of Europe imposing its own values on the external world. Obsessed with the idea of instant and total integration, we failed to notice that ordinary people, the citizens of Europe, do not share our Euro-enthusiasm. Disillusioned with the great visions of the future, they demand that we cope with the present reality better than we have been doing until now... Euroscepticism has become an alternative to those illusions." (speech to fellow conservatives from EU countries, 30 May, via Reuters)
"I think there are good reasons for Britain to remain in the EU. I am only sure that if Britain decides to leave, that will initiate a negative dynamic in the rest of the EU."
"The decision really lies in Britain. We can't have any influence on that and we shouldn't have any influence with fantasy proposals about the future of the European Union and 'what would happen if', and in particular 'what would happen if Britain leaves'. Those are all speculative discussions that could possibly have an undesirable influence on preparations for the British referendum." (speaking to the foreign press association in Berlin, 31 May, via Reuters)
"There will be no new negotiations about another opt-out deal. The old dreams of the empire and the Commonwealth is not a dream for the future, it is a dream of the past." (Interview with Bloomberg, 31 May)
"We are side-by-side here to face the challenges of today, and above all the future of Europe, because as we know, disappointment has been followed by rancour, and doubt by suspicion, and for some rejection or even separation. The forces of division, of shutting yourself off, of withdrawal are at work again. They cultivate fear and instil hate. They denounce Europe as the source of evil, without realising that Europe was created out of the ravages of evil." (Closing speech at ceremony commemorating the 100th-year-anniversary of the Battle of Verdun, 30 May, via French business paper Capital)
"It is not for us to say what the British people should be doing. Economically, it would be bad news, bad news for the United Kingdom, as well as the world, not just Europe. That would trigger capital transfers as well as the relocation of some activities that would not be for the benefit of the United Kingdom or even of Europe." (speaking to reporters at the 2016 G7 summit in Ise-Shima, Japan, 27 May, via Reuters)
"The United Kingdom will be even more odious in Brussels if it stays in Europe." (speaking to the EU-funded news portal Euraktiv.com, 30 May)
"Brexit would be a defeat for Europe, but it would be a disaster for the United Kingdom. I trust in the wisdom of the British, they will not be so masochistic as to cut off their future." (Interview with L'Avvenire, 28 May)
"I hope that Remain will win, and all the reasonable economic and political analyses are reaching the conclusion that a victory for Leave would be a bad decision for the EU and a disastrous one for the United Kingdom. But we must remember that reasonable analyses are in danger of being insufficient unless they are accompanied by courageous leadership. It is not enough in Europe today just to be right, you also need the strength and the courage to represent an anti-establishment thrust." (Interview with La Stampa, 26 May)
"I think it would be very bad news, for the UK, for the Netherlands, for Europe as a whole. It would be unavoidable for us, and I think for many of us in Europe, to follow the same proposals, to implement a points system also in the rest of the European Union. So you would get a race to the bottom. And that's exactly what you don't want. (speaking to the BBC on the Leave camp's proposal for a points-based system for EU migrants, 1 June)
"I am very worried about it." (speaking to EU leaders as EU president, according to a report by De Telegraaf, 25 May)
"Everyone's input is essential. The European bouquet is not complete without the Spanish carnation, the French fleur-de-lys, the Dutch and the Hungarian tulip. And not without the English rose." (speech to the European Parliament, 25 May)
"It is in Hungary's interests for the United Kingdom to continue to be a member of the European Union. The Hungarian government, like British politicians, believes the EU is in need of fundamental reform. However, if one of the member states that is keenest on these reforms leaves, then obviously the position of those who would like to take the EU in the right direction is weakened compared with those whose efforts are ever more explicitly aimed at creating an increasingly centralised, bureaucratic and federal system." (speaking in London on 26 May at an event commemorating the murder of Thomas Becket, via the news website Orient Press, 26 May)
"For the British, an exit is economically worse than for the rest of Europe. The City of London will lose its status, and many other advantages that are currently taken for granted will have to be renegotiated. I hope that economic sense will ultimately prevail. I see no problem for the financial system because the Brexit scenario has been discussed in the market for some time. Should it actually happen then for whom would this still be a surprise?" (Interview with Sueddeutsche Zeitung, 24 May)
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Chelsea can focus on the FA Cup as they are "already Premier League champions", says Jose Mourinho, manager of quarter-final opponents Manchester United.

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Antonio Conte's side, who will host cup holders United in the last eight in March, hold an eight-point lead in the title race with 13 games to play.
Chelsea progressed by beating Wolves 2-0 in the fifth round, while United came from behind to win 2-1 at Blackburn.
"The FA Cup is something important for them," said ex-Blues boss Mourinho.
Chelsea are odds-on to claim the top-flight title for the second time in three years, after Mourinho's success with the club in the 2014-15 season.
The Portuguese was sacked seven months later, with the side just one point above the relegation zone.
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In his first season at Old Trafford, he has led the club to the last 32 of the Europa League - with a 3-0 lead over French side Saint-Etienne going into Wednesday's second leg - and an EFL Cup final against Southampton at Wembley next Sunday. United are sixth in the Premier League table, two points In the Premier League, they lie sixth.
"I have so many things to think about," said Mourinho.
"I have to play Saint-Etienne and play the (EFL Cup) final and hopefully another opponent in the Europa League. I have to fight for the top four positions in the Premier League.
"Chelsea can only think about that because I think they are champions and have nothing else to play for.
"It is possible to win three, two, one or no trophies. When we are in the competitions, we are going to fight. In the EFL Cup, we have a 50% possibility of winning and we have to fight for it to become a title."


Tranmere Rovers have terminated the contract of striker Ben Burgess, who has chosen to retire from football.

The 30-year-old, who was released by Notts County at the end of last season,  in June.
We hope to bring in a replacement as soon as possible
Manager Ronnie Moore told the club website: "I'm obviously disappointed that it hasn't worked out with Ben.
"Ben feels he is unable to play at 100%. He's been a model professional here and I wish him the best of luck in his new life outside of football."
Moore continued: "It leaves us with a gap to fill up front but we've already started working on it and hope to bring in a replacement as soon as possible."
Burgess, who scored 86 goals in his professional career, added: "I'd like to thank everyone at Tranmere Rovers and I'm really sorry it hasn't worked out."
His last appearance came for Cheltenham Town in the League Two play-off final in May. They were beaten 2-0 by Crewe Alexandra at Wembley.


A Tunisian police officer has been shot dead in the beach resort of Sousse, where 38 people, mainly British tourists, were killed in June.

Officials said three officers were attacked by two men on a motorcycle.
The interior ministry said police in the city, 140km (90 miles) south of the capital Tunis, had launched a vast search for the gunmen.
Tunisia's tourism industry has suffered badly since the Sousse beach killings and an attack in Tunis in March.
"Three policemen were the target of gunshots fired by two men on a big motorcycle," a statement from the interior ministry said.
"One of them died during transport to the hospital, the other two were not affected," it added.
Sousse is still trying to recover after a gunman killed 38 tourists on a beach in the city on 26 June in an attack later claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group.
Officials say more than 3,000 Tunisians have left to fight with IS in Iraq and Syria and increasingly in neighbouring Libya.
The gunmen in the Sousse massacre and an attack on the Bardo Museum in Tunis on 18 March were trained in militant camps in Libya.
Tunisia emerged as a model for democratic transition in the Middle East after an uprising in 2011 ousted President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali - but it has faced a growing militant threat.


Jordan Hugill's well-taken goal was enough for Preston to beat Reading at Deepdale.

The decisive moment came midway through the first half, as Sean Maguire nodded into the path of Hugill, who chested down before firing in.
Reading goalkeeper Vito Mannone made saves from Maguire, Tom Barkhuizen and Stephy Mavididi to keep his side in it.
The Royals went closest when Joseph Mendes' header from a free-kick was saved by Chris Maxwell.
Having already gone a goal down, Reading were also forced into two substitutions before half-time with midfielders John Swift and Liam Kelly limping off and replaced by George Evans and Joseph Mendes.
And the latter almost made an instant impact, getting his head to Pelle Clement's free-kick only for Preston keeper Maxwell to hold it.
The home side, though, were again looking more likely to score after the break, but Mannone's saves and some determined defending from Liam Moore gave Reading hope.
However, their attacking threat was summed up by efforts from debutant Leandro Bacuna and Evans, who both cleared the bar.
Preston manager Alex Neil:
"I'm extremely satisfied. I thought we were the better side and created numerous opportunities. The only disappointment is that it finished 1-0.
"It was an incredible effort from the lads. I thought they were top, top drawer.
"We worked extremely hard, our shape was excellent and we had a lot of individual great performances."
Reading boss Jaap Stam:
"If you play against a side like Preston you have to bring everything to the game including physique, pace, aggressiveness.
"Hopefully you can play your own game. We didn't get what we expected from it.
"I am not happy in how we played and what we did. We gave a lot of balls away and that brings them into the game to create opportunities."
Match ends, Preston North End 1, Reading 0.
Second Half ends, Preston North End 1, Reading 0.
Chris Gunter (Reading) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Chris Gunter (Reading).
Stephy Mavididi (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Stephy Mavididi (Preston North End) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alan Browne with a headed pass.
Chris Gunter (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Alan Browne (Preston North End).
Chris Gunter (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jordan Hugill (Preston North End).
Attempt saved. Callum Robinson (Preston North End) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ben Pearson.
Substitution, Preston North End. Stephy Mavididi replaces Sean Maguire.
Attempt saved. Daniel Johnson (Preston North End) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Darnell Fisher.
Foul by Joseph Mendes (Reading).
Darnell Fisher (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt blocked. Ben Pearson (Preston North End) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jordan Hugill.
Substitution, Preston North End. Callum Robinson replaces Tom Barkhuizen.
Corner,  Reading. Conceded by Ben Pearson.
Joseph Mendes (Reading) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Paul Huntington (Preston North End).
Joseph Mendes (Reading) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ben Davies (Preston North End).
Corner,  Reading. Conceded by Ben Pearson.
Attempt blocked. Adrian Popa (Reading) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Garath McCleary (Reading) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ben Pearson (Preston North End).
Attempt missed. Tom Barkhuizen (Preston North End) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Jordan Hugill with a cross.
Substitution, Preston North End. Alan Browne replaces Josh Harrop.
Foul by Leandro Bacuna (Reading).
Jordan Hugill (Preston North End) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Liam Moore (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jordan Hugill (Preston North End).
Offside, Reading. Tyler Blackett tries a through ball, but Adrian Popa is caught offside.
Substitution, Reading. Garath McCleary replaces Pelle Clement.
Attempt blocked. Ben Pearson (Preston North End) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Modou Barrow (Reading).
Joshua Earl (Preston North End) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. George Evans (Reading) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Attempt blocked. Jordan Hugill (Preston North End) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tom Barkhuizen with a cross.
Attempt blocked. Daniel Johnson (Preston North End) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.


This is a local election where local issues risk becoming overlooked.

Even before the general election was called, Brexit and independence threatened to overshadow local issues.
Indeed some parties and candidates actively sought to highlight national issues.
But are there also underlying questions to consider about how well the work of councils is understood by voters?
Councils provide local services for everyone, but we do not all make the same use of these services.
It is not uncommon for someone to claim they have had little contact with their council since they bought their council house.
Certainly, as more people bought their homes in the 80s and 90s the relationship between citizens and councils evolved but there are few, if any, who are truly left untouched by a council service.
As a broad rule, local services can be split into two:
Again as a broad rule of thumb, the better off or less vulnerable you are, the less likely you are to feel any degree of personal dependency on a service or feel that it greatly affects your own life rather than the community as a whole.
The obvious exception to the rule is education.
Councils do other work too, of course - granting planning permission, licensing pubs and clubs and helping local economic development.
But are all these responsibilities, or the sometimes complex and nuanced decisions facing both councillors and council staff, all sufficiently understood by the public?
It is worth noting the misconception which many in local government like to highlight that councils are funded by the council tax - in fact this typically makes up less than a fifth of a typical council's budget.
Most of their cash is from the Scottish government and business rates.
When national broadcasters and major newspapers cover council business, it is rarely routine - inevitably they concentrate on exceptional decisions, examples of good or bad practice and the relationship between local and central government.
Traditionally, the everyday was covered by local papers - especially the weekly papers which serve most communities outside the big cities.
But just as the national press has seen sales slip, so too have local papers.
It is not unusual to see examples of sales of local papers having halved in a decade.
Some local papers which have seen their resources depleted no longer regularly cover routine council meetings.
The cumulative effect over time might be that some council business could simply slip under the radar - something which can change the context through which a local controversy, such as a row over whether a project was a waste of money, might be seen.
Ironically, a decline in the amount of council advertising in the local press may have added to the financial pressures which mean some council business is not being covered.
Of course there are potential solutions too - for instance some councils webcast their meetings. And while traditional local papers have declined in popularity, in some communities there are thriving local websites.
Some who campaigned for the establishment of local television had hoped it could play a part re-engaging voters with local democracy.
However, STV's decision to turn its local stations into a Scottish national station called STV2 would appear to reduce the potential for this to ever happen. Many local TV stations in other parts of the UK have struggled to make an impact.
But perhaps the best way for councils and councillors to ensure their affairs are well understood by voters does not involve the media or technology.
Some councillors are among the best-known figures in their communities. People who might never think of making an appointment at a councillor's surgery, might approach them in the supermarket or the pub and discuss problems or issues informally or simply tell them straight what they think of a policy.
By the same token, many of the best councillors will know most of the interesting or important people in their ward.
That can be easy in rural communities or small towns - less so in cities.
But is there something to be said for the kind of old-fashioned engagement that doesn't involve having to use journalists or broadcasters as the middle men? At least as long as the media can also hold them to account.


Welsh MPs have asked for reassurances that Wales will not be disadvantaged by plans to give English MPs a veto over laws deemed only to affect England.

The so-called "English votes for English laws" measures have been announced in response to devolution.
Commons Leader Chris Grayling said the change would bring "real fairness to our constitutional arrangements".
But former Tory Welsh Secretary David Jones said decisions on some services in England would affect Wales.
Under the proposals announced in Parliament on Thursday, all MPs would continue to vote on all key stages of legislation.
But English MPs - and in some cases English and Welsh MPs - will have a veto in Westminster when debating matters that have been devolved to administrations across the UK.
Mr Jones, MP for Clwyd West, raised the matter of cross-border issues, saying people in north Wales were "heavily reliant upon services provided in England, most particularly health services".
"They are already disadvantaged by the defective devolution settlement put in place by the party opposite, " he told Mr Grayling.
"Can he assure the House that they are not further disadvantaged by the measures he is putting in place?"
The minister responded by saying Welsh MPs would still be able to vote on, and to contribute to, decision making about health issues in England but added that "those matters cannot simply be imposed on the English against their wishes".
Newport West Labour MP Paul Flynn called for a constitutional convention to discuss setting up a federal UK, accusing the UK government of "staggering and stumbling with these ad hoc steps ... that will lead to the certain break up of the United Kingdom".
In response to a question from Plaid Cymru MP Hywel Williams, Mr Grayling admitted that there would only be a "relatively small" number of England-only committees needed to consider such bills, and that most Commons committees would continue to be made up of MPs from across the UK.


A pilot killed when his light aircraft crashed in Oxfordshire has been named.

David Norris, 64, from Milton Keynes, died at the scene when his plane crashed at Aston Rowant Nature Reserve at 14:35 on 15 January.
He had flown from Turweston Aerodrome in north Buckinghamshire.
An inquest into his death will be held on 1 February. The Air Accidents Investigation Branch said it was investigating the incident.


Ireland back row Peter O'Mahony has been ruled out of the World Cup with knee ligament damage and replaced in the squad by Rhys Ruddock.

The 26-year-old Munster flanker had to be taken off 14 minutes into the second half of Sunday's 24-9 win over France.
Team manager Mick Kearney said O'Mahony was "returning to Dublin for specialist opinion".
Skipper Paul O'Connell is to have a scan on a leg injury that could spell the end of his international career.
Fly-half Johnny Sexton is awaiting a scan on a groin problem but Ireland's management said initial clinical assessment was "encouraging" and they were hopeful he would be able to play in Sunday's quarter-final against Argentina.
The loss of the 35-times capped O'Mahony, and probably O'Connell too, leaves coach Joe Schmidt with problems.
Twenty-four-year-old Ruddock - who broke his arm in June - has five caps and would be a like-for-like replacement for O'Mahony at blindside flanker.
Ulster's Iain Henderson, used as a second row in the tournament, is a likely replacement for O'Connell, but he could also come into the back row for O'Mahony, with Donnacha Ryan a possible candidate to partner Devin Toner in the Irish engine room.
"Paul O'Connell appears to have suffered a significant hamstring injury and was hospitalised overnight. He is having scans to clarify the extent of the injury," added Kearney.
"After an incredibly physical encounter, a host of players are reporting bumps and soreness and will have to be managed, but nothing more serious than that.
"Only Peter O'Mahony has definitely been ruled out. As soon as we have more clarity on the injury front we will be in a position to make decisions on replacement players."
Kearney said Ireland's decision on a replacement for injured centre Jared Payne would be made later on Monday.


As the five-year conflict in Syria grinds on, BBC Persian has found evidence that Iran is sending thousands of Afghan men to fight alongside Syrian government forces.

The men, who are mainly ethnic Hazaras, are recruited from impoverished and vulnerable migrant communities in Iran, and sent to join a multi-national Shia Muslim militia - in effect a "Foreign Legion" - that Iran has mobilised to support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Many have since fled the battlefield and joined the refugee trail to Europe.
In a small town in Germany, we meet "Amir", an Afghan man in his early twenties.
He was born to refugee parents in Isfahan, Iran, and is now himself an asylum seeker in Europe.
Like most of the almost three million Afghans in Iran, he lived as a second-class citizen.
Without legal residency or identity documents, he found it hard to get an education or a job. Fear of arrest and deportation was a daily reality.
It was difficult to move around freely, get a driving license or even buy a Sim card for his mobile phone.
But one day, Amir received an offer that changed everything.
"Some Afghans, who were close to Iran's Revolutionary Guards, approached me and my mates at the mosque," he said.
"They suggested we go to Syria to help defend the Shia holy shrines from Daesh," he added, using an acronym for the previous name of the jihadist group Islamic State (IS).
"They said we'd get passports and have an easy life afterwards. We'd be like Iranian citizens and could buy cars, houses..."
Amir was drafted into the Fatemioun Brigade, an all-Afghan unit commanded by Revolutionary Guards officers.
The training, he says, was very short - a fortnight of tactical movement and basic weapons handling - and conducted in strict secrecy.
"The night we entered the base at Qarchak, near Varamin in Tehran province, all our mobile phones were confiscated - and after two weeks' basic training, we were driven to the airport in buses with blacked-out windows," he said.
Despite having no ,passports the Afghan recruits were flown directly to Syria on specially chartered jets.
"Everything was taken care of by the Revolutionary Guards," he said. "When we arrived, we saw the bullet holes and shell damage. It was a war zone. What I did and saw there affects me still. I can't sleep - I get angry for no reason."
Prof Scott Lucas of Birmingham University in the UK has been closely following Iranian involvement in Syria.
He says the first Afghan militias began to arrive in 2012.
"The Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps decided that the Syrian military could not succeed on their own," he told the BBC. "The frontlines were too depleted and men were trying to avoid conscription."
The Iranians decided to set up a 50,000-strong National Defence Force to fight alongside the Syrian army.
With a shortage of willing fighters inside Syria, they began looking elsewhere - signing up Iranian Afghans, Lebanese, Iraqi and Pakistani Shia recruits.
As we travelled across Europe, we met many Afghan ex-fighters like Amir, and all told similar stories.
In the Moria migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, a clearly traumatised teenage veteran describes how Afghan Fatemioun fighters were used as first-wave shock troops and were effectively disposable.
"Sometimes we had no supplies, no water, no bread - hungry and thirsty in the middle of the desert," he told us.
"We were light infantry and we'd have to walk 20-30km (12.5-19 miles) to face the enemy and then fight them.
"We would take ground at great cost and then have to hand it over to the Syrian soldiers. But they would usually lose it back to Daesh after a day or two.
"One night we were surrounded in an orchard. They fired an RPG [rocket-propelled grenade] towards us and I saw my mate blown to pieces, right in front of my eyes. After that, I hated war and started to fear war.
"For nights afterwards, I would picture my friend in my head and would think: 'My God, what happened to him!' I was really scared."
At the port of Mytilene we found another group of young Afghan men. They all said they were ex-Fatemioun fighters.
One, who showed us his dog tags and de-mobilisation paperwork, explained how he had been effectively coerced into fighting in Syria.
"They took us to war by force," he says. "I wasn't happy with that but they said that because I was an Afghan who'd been arrested without identity papers, they'd either deport me to Afghanistan or send me to prison. I ended up being held in Asgar Abad detention camp before joining up."
He says he spent 12 months in Syria, as a tank driver and later a sniper, deployed across the country from Damascus to Palmyra. But when he finally got back to Iran, the Revolutionary Guards broke their promises.
"They gave me this small green identity document. It was just this 30-day temporary residency. I couldn't get a driving license with it - I couldn't even buy myself a Sim card!
"I complained and they said: 'You have to go back to do another tour of duty' - but I didn't want to. I ran away and here I am."
There are no official figures for how many Afghans Iran has sent to Syria - or how many have been killed there.
Human Rights Watch recently estimated as many as 10,000 Afghans may have been recruited by the Revolutionary Guards.
Iran's foreign ministry has denied any Afghans are being sent in an official capacity. The official narrative from Tehran is that they are all volunteers, off to defend holy sites of their own volition.
But every week in Iran there are more military-style funerals for fallen Fatemioun fighters.
And with a major government spring offensive around Aleppo in the offing, it seems Iran's Foreign Legion will be fighting - and dying - for President Assad for some time to come.
You can watch Fighting for Assad: Iran's Foreign Legion at the following times:
Friday 15 April 20:30
Saturday 16 April 00:30
Friday 15 April 14:30
Saturday 16 April 00:30
Sunday 17 April 05:30; 12:30; 18:30
Monday 18 April 08:00